Education
University of Tartu.
University of Tartu.
In 1861 he started work as a curator of the zoological museum at the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint St. Petersburg. From 1879 to 1890 he was director of the museum. He is credited with establishing Saint St. Petersburg as a major world center in regard to herpetology.
With the specific epithet of strauchi commemorate his name, two examples being:
Ctenotus strauchii, taxonomic authority George Albert Boulenger (1887).
Gloydius strauchi, taxonomic authority Jacques von Bedriaga (1912). His zoologist author transcript is Strauch.
Russian Academy of Sciences.