Theodor Friedrich Julius Basiner (3 January 1816 – 14 October 1862) was a
Baltic German botanist who lived and worked mainly in the
Russian Empire.
Life and work
Theodor Friedrich Julius Basiner was born in
Tartu
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, present-day
Estonia, and studied at
Tartu University between 1836 and 1840. In 1843 he became a conservator at the
Botanical Garden in
Saint Petersburg. He kept this position until 1845, when he became the institution's librarian. In 1849 he moved to a new position in
Kiev
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, present-day
Ukraine. In 1842–43 he made a scientific journey to
Khiva
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in present-day
Uzbekistan. He died in
Vienna,
Austria.
Selected writings
* ''Naturwissenschaftliche Reise durch die Kirgisensteppe nach China''
References
1816 births
1862 deaths
Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire
University of Tartu alumni
Botanists from the Russian Empire
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