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Freiherr
Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff
Born(1774-04-08)8 April 1774
Wöllstein, Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire
Died9 June 1852(1852-06-09) (aged 78)
Freiburg im Breisgau, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Confederation
NationalityGerman
Scientific career
Author abbrev. (botany)Langsd.

Georg Heinrich Freiherr[1] von Langsdorff (8 April 1774 – 9 June 1852) was a German naturalist and explorer, as well as a Russian diplomat, better known by his Russian name, Grigori Ivanovich Langsdorf.

He was a naturalist and physician on the First Russian circumnavigation from 1803 to 1805. Later Langsdorff was nominated consul general of Russia in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From there he organized expeditions to Minas Gerais (1813 to 1820) and the Langsdorff Expedition to the Amazon rainforest, which lasted from 1825 to 1829.

  1. ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.

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