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Karl Ernst von Baer — Age & Birthday
Born: 17 February 1792 · Died: 16 November 1876 · Age at death: 84
How old was Karl Ernst von Baer when he died?
Karl Ernst von Baer died aged 84. He was born on 17 February 1792 and died on 16 November 1876.
Naturalist considered a founding father of the study of embryology
Did you know?He made the significant discovery of the mammalian egg cell and established that embryos develop through a series of specific stages.
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer Edler von Huthorn (Russian: Карл Макси́мович Бэр; 28 February 1792 – 28 November 1876) was a Baltic German scientist and explorer. Baer was a naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, and is considered a, or the, founding father of embryology.
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- Age at death
- 84
- Years since death
- 149
- Born
- February 17, 1792 · Piibe, Estonia
- Died
- November 16, 1876
- Nationality
- Russian
- Known for
- Science, Exploration
Family
- Father
- Johann Magnus von Baer
- Children
- Alexander Andreas Ernst von Baer, August Emmerich von Baer, Hermann Theodor von Baer, Karl Julius Friedrich von Baer, Marie Juliane von Baer
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