Grigory Potanin

Grigory Nikolayevich Potanin was a Russian botanist, ethnographer, and natural historian. He was an explorer of Inner Asia and was the first to catalogue many of the area's native plants. Potanin was also an author and a political activist who aligned himself with the Siberian regionalist movement.

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Who was born first?

• Grigory Potanin and Alexine Tinne were born the same year
• Grigory Potanin and Paul du Chaillu were born the same year
• Grigory Potanin was born 1 year after John Wesley Powell
• Grigory Potanin was born 1 year after Ernst Haeckel
• Grigory Potanin was born 1 year after Gustav Hermann Nachtigal

Timeline

1. Ernst HaeckelFebruary 16, 1834 – August 9, 1919
2. Gustav Hermann NachtigalFebruary 23, 1834 – April 20, 1885
3. John Wesley PowellMarch 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902
4. Alexine TinneOctober 17, 1835 – August 1, 1869
5. Grigory Potanin (this page)September 21, 1835 – June 30, 1920
6. Paul du ChailluJuly 31, 1835 – April 30, 1903

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