Karl Maximovich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Maximovich

botanist from Russia

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1827

Place of Birth: Tula, Tula Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 04-Feb-1891

Profession: botanist, explorer, bryologist, pteridologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Carl Johann Maximovich (also Karl Ivanovich Maximovich, Russian: ???? ???????? ??????????; 23 November 1827 in Tula, Russia – 16 February 1891 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian botanist.
Maximovich spent most of his life studying the flora of the countries he had visited in the Far East, and naming many new species.
He worked at the Saint Petersburg Botanical Gardens from 1852 as curator of the herbarium collection, becoming Director in 1869.