Alexander von Nordmann

Alexander Davidovich of Nordmann (* May 24, 1803 Ruotsinsalmi at Kymi, † June 25, 1866 in Turku / Åbo ) was a Finnish zoologist, botanist and paleontologist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Nordm. ".

In 1832 he was sent to study in Åbo ( Turku today ) ( with Dr. phil. ) And Berlin ( with MD thesis ) teacher of natural history, zoology and botany at the Lyceum Richelieu in Odessa. In 1834 he was curator at the Botanical Gardens in Odessa. Alexander von Nordmann founded a Department of Horticulture and Department of Sericulture. He studied the flora and the fauna of southern Russia and the Balkans, and is the first to describe numerous species.

One year after the death of his wife Helena by cholera - the couple had two children - he returned in 1849 from Odessa to Finland and became Professor of Natural History and later of Zoology at the University of Helsinki (Swedish Helsingfors ). He was a member of 29 scientific societies and author of 58 publications.

According to him, the Nordmann Fir ( Abies nordmanniana ) is named since 1842, which he had discovered in 1835 in the Caucasus north-east of Borshomi in present-day Georgia.