Ferdinand von Wrangel
Baltic German explorer and Russian admiral / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Baron[lower-alpha 1] Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von[lower-alpha 2] Wrangel (Russian: Барон Фердинанд Петрович Врангель, tr. Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel'; 9 January 1797 [O.S. 29 December 1796] – 6 June [O.S. 25 May] 1870) was a Russia German explorer and officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, Honorable Member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and a founder of the Russian Geographic Society. He is best known as the chief manager of the Russian-American Company and governor of the Russian settlements in present-day Alaska.
Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel | |
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Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel | |
6th Governor of Russian America | |
In office 1 June 1830 – 29 October 1835 | |
Preceded by | Pyotr Yegorovich Chistyakov |
Succeeded by | Ivan Kupreyanov |
Minister of the Navy | |
In office 18 May 1855 – 27 July 1857 | |
Preceded by | Alexander Menshikov |
Succeeded by | Nikolay Metlin |
Personal details | |
Born | (1797-12-29)29 December 1797 Pskov, Governorate of Pskov, Russian Empire |
Died | 25 May 1870(1870-05-25) (aged 72) Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
Nationality | Baltic German |
Spouse | Elisabeth Teodora Natalia Karolina de Rossillon |
Children | Wilhelm, Peter, Ferdinand, Elisabeth, Eva |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Branch/service | Imperial Russian Navy Imperial Russian Army |
Years of service | 1815–1864 |
Rank | Admiral Adjutant General |
Battles/wars | Crimean War |
In English texts, Wrangel is sometimes spelled Vrangel, a transliteration from Russian, which more closely represents its pronunciation in German, or Wrangell.