Biography

Born (July 5 [July 17] 1846, Yazykovo-Rozhdestvenskoe, Novgorodskaya guberniya, Russian Empire, died April 2 [April 14] 1888, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire) - Russian ethnographer, anthropologist, biologist and traveler studying the indigenous population of the South - East Asia, Australia and Oceania, including the Papuans of the northeastern coast of New Guinea, called the Maclay Coast. Educated in Germany. In 1864-1869, 1870-1882 and 1883-1886 he lived outside of Russia, never staying at home for more than a year. He is the author of about 160 scientific papers, mainly articles and notes, which during his lifetime were published most ofte...Read More