Peter Simon Pallas

Peter Simon Pallas FRS FRSE was a Prussian zoologist, botanist, ethnographer, explorer, geographer, geologist, natural historian, and taxonomist. He studied natural sciences at various universities in early modern Germany and worked primarily in the Russian Empire between 1767 and 1810.

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Who was born first?

• Peter Simon Pallas and Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse were born the same year
• Peter Simon Pallas was born 1 year after Jeanne Baret
• Peter Simon Pallas was born 2 years before Carl Peter Thunberg
• Peter Simon Pallas was born 3 years before Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin
• Peter Simon Pallas was born 4 years before Johann Anton Güldenstädt

Timeline

1. Jeanne BaretJuly 27, 1740 – August 5, 1807
2. Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La PérouseAugust 23, 1741 – December 31, 1788
3. Peter Simon Pallas (this page)September 22, 1741 – September 8, 1811
4. Carl Peter ThunbergNovember 11, 1743 – August 8, 1828
5. Samuel Gottlieb GmelinJuly 4, 1744 – July 16, 1774
6. Johann Anton GüldenstädtApril 26, 1745 – March 23, 1781

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