Jakob Johann von Uexküll, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jakob Johann von Uexküll

Baltic German biologist, zoologist, and philosopher

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1864

Place of Birth: Koonga Rural Municipality, Pärnu County, Estonia

Date of Death: 25-Jul-1944

Profession: zoologist, biologist, university teacher, philosopher, theoretical biologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jakob Johann Freiherr von Uexküll (German: ['?ksk?l]; 8 September [O.S.
27 August] 1864 – 25 July 1944) was a Baltic German biologist who worked in the fields of muscular physiology, animal behaviour studies, and the cybernetics of life.
However, his most notable contribution is the notion of Umwelt, used by semiotician Thomas Sebeok and philosopher Martin Heidegger.
His works established biosemiotics as a field of research.