Pallas

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Pallas is an 18th-century German zoologist and naturalist known for his pioneering work in classifying and describing numerous animal species.

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instanceOf human
naturalist
taxonomist
zoologist
academicDegree doctorate in medicine
countryOfCitizenship Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Russian Empire
dateOfBirth 1741-09-22
dateOfDeath 1811-09-08
educatedAt University of Göttingen
University of Halle NERFINISHED
University of Leiden
employer Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg
familyName Pallas self-link
fieldOfWork botany
natural history
taxonomy
zoology
givenName Peter
Simon
hasHonorificEponym Pallas
surface form: 2 Pallas (asteroid)

Pallas's cat
surface form: Pallas’s cat

Pallas’s squirrel
influenced development of zoological classification in the 18th century
knownFor classification and description of numerous animal species
expeditions in the Russian Empire
pioneering work in biogeography
languageOfWorkOrName German
Latin
memberOf Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg
Royal Society
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
name Peter Simon Pallas
notableAchievement described and named many new mammal and bird species
early formulation of ideas related to animal geographic distribution
notableWork Flora Rossica
Spicilegia Zoologica
Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica
occupation botanist
explorer
naturalist
zoologist
placeOfBirth Berlin
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
placeOfDeath Berlin
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
sexOrGender male
workLocation Russian Empire
St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg

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