Peter Simon Pallas
Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811), naturalist, geographer and traveler, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Between 1768-1774 he headed an Academy of Sciences expedition which studied many regions of Russia, including Southern Siberia (Altai, Lake Baikal and the region to the east of Baikal). He described many new species of mammals, birds, fish and insects. His works include A Journey Through Various Provinces of the Russian State, A History of the Mongolian People and Asian-Russian Fauna. A volcano on the Kuril Islands and a reef off New Guinea were named in his
honour.
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