Pyotr Alexandrovich Tschichachev
Pyotr Chikhachyov (also Tchichatscheff or Tschihatscheff and Chikhachyov , Chikhachev (ef) , Russ. Пётр Александрович Чихачёв * August 16 . Jul / 28. August 1812 greg. In Gatchina ; † 13. October 1890 in Florence ) was a Russian explorer . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Tchich. ", But it is also the abbreviation" Tchih. “Used.
Tschichachev traveled to the Altai , Asia Minor (a total of six times in the years 1847 to 1858), between 1877 and 1878 Spain , Algeria and Tunisia , where he particularly observed the geological , climatological and botanical conditions of the countries.
In 1843 he was admitted to the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina with the nickname JG Gmelin . Since 1861 he was a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences . In 1866 he became a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and in 1873 an honorary member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .
The Tschichachev ridge , a mountain range on the Russian-Mongolian border, was named after him. His younger brother was Plato Alexandrovich Tschichachev .
Publications (selection)
- Voyage scientifique dans l'Altai oriental . Paris 1845
- Asie miners . 8 volumes, Paris 1852 to 1868
- Spain, Algeria and Tunis . Leipzig 1882
- Lettres sur la Turquie . Brussels and Leipzig 1850
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Pyotr Alexandrowitsch Tschichatschow at the IPNI
- List of the described plant names for the abbreviation "Tchih."
- Entry in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (Russian)
- Member entry of Peter von Tchihatchef at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 5, 2017.
- Peter Alexandrovich Tschichachev. Members of the predecessor academies. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on January 7, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ JDF Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 270 digitized
- ^ List of former members since 1666: Letter T. Académie des sciences, accessed on March 7, 2020 (French).
- ^ Article Tschichatschow-Kamm in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tschichachev, Pyotr Alexandrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tschihatscheff, Pyotr Alexandrovich; Tchichatscheff, Petr Aleksandrovich; Чихачёв, Пётр Александрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gatchina |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1890 |
| Place of death | Florence |