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Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin

1744–1774 · 18th century

Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin was a German physician and naturalist in Russian service. From 1768 he led an expedition of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences through southern Russia, the Caspian coast and northern Persia, describing its plants, animals and peoples. On his way back in 1774 he was seized by the Kaitag utsmi in Dagestan and died in captivity.

Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin
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