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Ivan Lepyokhin

1740 – 1802

Russian scientist

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Lived 1740 – 1802 (aged 61). Ivan Lepyokhin was a Russian botanist, explorer, linguist, ornithologist, naturalist and lexicographer.

Ivan Ivanovich Lepyokhin (Иван Иванович Лепёхин; , in Saint Petersburg – , in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian naturalist, zoologist, botanist and explorer.

He began his studies in the Academy of Sciences of Saint-Petersburg and gained his doctorate at faculty of medicine of the University of Strasbourg.

In 1768 he explored the Volga region and the Caspian Sea. In 1769 he went to the Ural Mountains which he explored for five years. In 1774 and 1775 he explored Siberia.

Ivan Lepekhin was the Secretary of the Russian Academy since 1783. His extensive journals, revised and completed by Nikolay Ozeretskovsky, were published in 4 hefty volumes between 1771 and 1805.

Lepekhin was in charge of the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden from 1774 until his death.

In 1804, his name was honoured in the name Lepechinia from South America, (in the family Lamiaceae) by Carl Ludwig von Willdenow, and then in 1953, Mikhail Grigorevich Popov published a genus of flowering plants from Central Asia, belonging to the family Boraginaceae as Lepechiniella also in his honour.

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Education
Academic University at the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, University of Strasbourg
Also known as
Ivan Ivanovitch Lepekhin, Lepech., İvan Lepyoxin, Ivan Ivanovich Lepyokhin, Ivan Lepjochin

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Ivan Lepyokhin?

Russian scientist (1740-1802)

When was Ivan Lepyokhin born?

Ivan Lepyokhin was born on 10 September 1740 in Saint Petersburg.

When did Ivan Lepyokhin die?

Ivan Lepyokhin died on 6 April 1802 in Saint Petersburg.

What was Ivan Lepyokhin's occupation?

Ivan Lepyokhin was a botanist, explorer, linguist, ornithologist, naturalist and lexicographer.

What nationality was Ivan Lepyokhin?

Ivan Lepyokhin was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ivan Lepyokhin

· Wikidata: Q935498

· DBpedia: Ivan Lepyokhin

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