Baltic german geologist (1795-1876).
Karl Eduard von Eichwald known as Karl Eichwald (Russian: Эдуард Иванович Эйхвальд, Eduard Ivanovich Eykhvald; 4 July 1795, in Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia – 10 November 1876, in Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic German geologist, physician, and naturalist, who lived his whole life in the Russian Empire.
Abbreviations: Eichw.
Occupations: writer, university teacher, physician, zoologist, geologist, explorer, entomologist, paleontologist, botanist, naturalist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Russian Empire
Languages: Russian, Latin, German, French
Dates: 1795-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Jelgava
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