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Botanist

Theodor Friedrich Julius Basiner was a Baltic German botanist who lived and worked mainly in Imperial Russia.

Education

Theodor Friedrich Julius Basiner was born in Tartu, present-day Estonia, and studied at Tartu University between 1836 and 1840.

Career

In 1843 he became a conservator at the Botanical Garden in Saint St. Petersburg. He kept this position until 1845, when he became the institution"s librarian. In 1849 he moved to a new position in Kiev, present-day Ukraine.

In 1842-1843 he made a scientific journey to Khiva in present-day Uzbekistan.

He died in Vienna, Austria.