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 [ edit ]

Theodor Friedrich Julius Basiner was born in Tartu , 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 , present-day Ukraine . In 1842?43 he made a scientific journey to Khiva in present-day Uzbekistan . He died in Vienna , Austria . ^[1]

Selected writings [ edit ]

• Naturwissenschaftliche Reise durch die Kirgisensteppe nach China

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