Baltic german explorer and botanist (1825-1886).
Richard Otto Maack (Russian: Ричард Карлович Маак, romanized: Richard Karlovich Maak; 4 September 1825 – 25 November 1886) was a Russian naturalist, geographer, and anthropologist. He is most known for his exploration of the Russian Far East and Siberia, particularly the Ussuri and Amur River valleys. He wrote some of the first scientific descriptions of the natural history of remote Siberia and collected many biological specimens, many of which were original type specimens of previously unknown species. Ethnically Maack was a Baltic German from Estonia; however, the Russian Empire controlled
Abbreviations: Maack
Occupations: scientific collector, geographer, explorer, botanist, naturalist, botanical collector, anthropologist
Citizenships: Russian Empire
Languages: German
Dates: 1825-09-04T00:00:00Z – 1886-11-25T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Kuressaare
Direct attributions: 4 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 10 plants, 0 fungi