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Russian chemist and plant collector (1760-1805) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Count Apollos Apollosovich Musin-Pushkin (Russian: Аполло́с Аполло́сович Му́син-Пу́шкин; February 17, 1760 – April 18, 1805) was a Russian chemist and plant collector. He led a botanical expedition to the Caucasus in 1802 with his friend botanist Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein.[1]
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Apollos Apollosovich Musin-Pushkin | |
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Аполлос Аполлосович Мусин-Пушкин | |
Apollos in 1788 | |
| Born | February 17, 1760 |
| Died | April 18, 1805 (aged 45) |
| Occupation(s) | Chemist, plant collector |
In 1797, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the Russian mining board and developed several new methods of refining and processing of platinum.[2] The genus of Puschkinia commemorates his name.[3]
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