Peter von Glehn
Peter von Glehn (Russian: Пётр Петрович Глен, romanized: Pyotr Petrovič Glen; 8 November [O.S. 27 October] 1835 in Jelgimeggi Manor – 16 April [O.S. 4 April] 1876 in Saint Petersburg)[1] was a Baltic German botanist.
Peter von Glehn was born in the Jelgimeggi manor (Jälgimäe) in 1835, to a Baltic German landowner, member of the Glehn family, Peter von Glehn (1796–1843) and Auguste Caroline Marie Burchart von Bellavary, member of the Burchardt family who took care of the Town Hall Pharmacy in Reval. He had 2 younger brothers: Nikolai (1841–1923), the founder of Nömme (Nõmme), and Len von Glehn, (1844-1920), and 3 sisters: Marie Elisabeth (1840–????), Julie Wilhelmine (1842–1867) and Marie (1843–1884).[2]
He graduated at the University of Dorpat (Tartu) with a gold medal.
Glehn's Spruce (Picea glehnii), a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae, is named after Peter von Glehn.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Einama, Anna-Kristiina. "Nikolai von Glehn loovisikuna" (in Estonian). Tallinn Pedagogical University. p. 7. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ Einama, Anna-Kristiina. "Nikolai von Glehn loovisikuna" (in Estonian). Tallinn Pedagogical University. p. 9. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ Ботанические фамилии (in Russian). Сахалин и Курилы http://www.sakhalin.ru. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
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