Alexander von Keyserling

Alexander von Keyserling
Portrait taken by Georg Friedrich Schlater, before 1870
Born27 August [O.S. 15] 1815
Kabillen Manor, Kabillen, Kreis Goldingen, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kabile, Kuldīga Municipality, Latvia)
Died20 May [O.S. 8] 1891
Rayküll Manor, Rayküll, Kreis Harrien, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (now Raikküla, Rapla County, Estonia)
NationalityBaltic German
CitizenshipRussian Empire
German Confederation
German Empire
Alma materHumboldt University of Berlin
Scientific career
FieldsGeology
Botany
Author abbrev. (botany)Keyserl.
Coat of arms of the Uradel Keyserlingk family in the Adelslexikon.
Coat of arms of the Prussian counts of the Keyserlingk family, in the Baltic coat of arms book by Carl Arvid Klingspor in 1882[1]

Alexander Friedrich Michael Lebrecht Nikolaus Arthur Graf[2] von Keyserling[3][4] (15 August 1815 – 8 May 1891) was a Baltic German geologist and paleontologist from the Keyserlingk family of Baltic German nobility.

  1. ^ Carl Arvid von Klingspor (1882). Baltisches Wappenbuch. Stockholm. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-543-98710-5.
  2. ^ Regarding personal names: Until 1919, Graf was a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, it has formed part of family names since 1919.
  3. ^ His full name was stated as Alexander Friedrich Michael Lebrecht Arthur Nicolaus James in the Curonian edition of the Baltic Knighthood book.
  4. ^ Stavenhagen 1930, pp. 241.

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