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Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky

Russian geographer, art collector and statistician · Scientists · Lived 1827 to 1914 · aged 87

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Pyotr Petrovich Semyonov or Semenov was a Russian geographer and statistician who managed the Russian Geographical Society for more than 40 years. He gained international fame for his pioneering exploration of the Tian Shan mountains. He changed his surname to "Semyonov of Tian Shan" at the age of 79.

A life in dates

1914Died26 February 19141900Carl-Ritter-MedalAward1897Founder’s MedalAward1873Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar StarAwardOrder of the DannebrogAward1867Commander of the Order of the Polar StarAward1827Born2 January 1827

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Pyotr Semyonov in the 1870s.Pyotr Semyonov in the 1870s.Portrait by Valentin Serov (1905).Portrait by Valentin Serov (1905).Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky on a 1952 Soviet stampSemyonov-Tyan-Shansky on a 1952 Soviet stamp

Awards

Carl-Ritter-Medal1900
Founder’s Medal1897
Order of the Dannebrog1873
Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star1873
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star1867
Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
Order of the White Eagle
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class
Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class
Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class
Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class
Order of St. Andrew
Pour le Mérite
Order of Saint Michael
Order of Philip the Magnanimous
Order of the Iron Crown (Kingdom of Italy)
Grand Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph
Order of Leopold
Order of the Netherlands Lion
Order of the Redeemer
Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa
Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
Knight grand cross of the order of the crown of Italy
Order of the Star of Ethiopia
Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)

In their orbit

Child: Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky

Scientists born in the 1820s 6

Emil Erlenmeyer54.5Allan Hume54.2Ignacy Łukasiewicz54.6Ferdinand Cohn54.0Heinrich Louis d'Arrest54.8Henry Walter Bates53.3

About this person

Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1827 to 1914 · aged 87

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