Christian von Steven, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christian von Steven

Botanist and lepidopterist

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1781

Place of Birth: Hamina, Southern Finland Province, Finland

Date of Death: 18-Apr-1863

Profession: lepidopterist, botanist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Christian von Steven (Russian: ???????? ???????????? ?????? - Khristian Khristianovich Steven; 19 January 1781, in Fredrikshamn, Finland – 30 April 1863, in Simferopol, Crimea) was a Finnish-born Russian botanist and entomologist. Steven studied medicine at Saint Petersburg University before working at a centre for silk production in the Caucasus where he commenced as an assistant, progressing to inspector (1806).
In 1812, he participated in the creation of a Nikitsky Botanical Garden at Nikita in the Crimea, which he directed from 1824.
From 1826 to 1851, he directed a Magnanery.
In 1815, he was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He collected an important herbarium which is deposited at the Botanical Museum of the University of Helsinki.