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Karl von Ditmar
1822Sep, 8

Karl von Ditmar

Karl von Ditmar, German geologist and explorer (d. 1892)
Karl Bernhard Woldemar Ferdinand von Ditmar (sometimes Carl von Ditmar) (8 September [O.S. 27 August] 1822 in Vändra – 25 April [O.S. 13 April] 1892 in Tartu) was a Baltic German geologist and explorer, who travelled in and contributed to the scientific understanding of Kamchatka.

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