Friedrich Benjamin Graf von Lütke (Russian: ????? ?????´??? ??´???, Fyodor Petrovich Litke; 28 September [O.S.
17 September] 1797 – 20 August [O.S.
8 August] 1882), more commonly known by his Russian name Fyodor Litke, was a Baltic German navigator, geographer, and Arctic explorer.
He became a count in 1866, and an admiral in 1855.
He was a corresponding member (1829), Honorable Member (1855), and President (1864) of the Russian Academy of Science in St.
Petersburg.
He was also an Honorable Member of many other Russian and foreign scientific establishments, and a corresponding member of the French Academy of Science in Paris.
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