Alexander von Keyserling

Alexander Friedrich Michael Lebrecht Nikolaus Arthur Graf von Keyserling (15 August 1815 – 8 May 1891) was a Baltic German geologist and paleontologist from the Keyserlingk family of Baltic German nobility.


Alexander von Keyserling
Portrait taken by Georg Friedrich Schlater, before 1870
Born27 August [O.S. 15] 1815
Kabillen Manor, Kabillen, Kreis Goldingen, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire
(now Kabile, Kuldīga Municipality, Latvia)
Died20 May [O.S. 8] 1891
NationalityBaltic German
CitizenshipRussian Empire
German Confederation
German Empire
Alma materHumboldt University of Berlin
Scientific career
FieldsGeology
Botany
Author abbrev. (botany)Keyserl.
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