Constantine Rafinesque

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:naturalist
biologist
botanist
polymath
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:C._S._Rafinesque
gptkb:Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque-Schmaltz
gptkbp:authorAbbreviationBotany gptkb:Raf.
gptkbp:birthDate 1783-10-22
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Galata,_Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:children one son (died young)
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:France
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1840-09-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Transylvania_University
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Rafinesque's_big-eared_bat
gptkb:Rafinesque's_shrew
Rafinesquia (plant genus)
gptkbp:field botany
linguistics
natural history
zoology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Constantine Rafinesque
gptkbp:influenced American naturalists
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Carl_Linnaeus
gptkbp:knownFor work on Native American languages
describing many new species of plants and animals
contributions to botany
contributions to ichthyology
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:Academy_of_Natural_Sciences_of_Philadelphia
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkb:French
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Annals_of_Nature
gptkb:Atlantic_Journal
gptkb:Flora_Telluriana
gptkb:Medical_Flora
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:writer
biologist
botanist
gptkbp:position professor of botany and natural history
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Laurel_Hill_Cemetery,_Philadelphia
gptkbp:signature Constantine Samuel Rafinesque signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Josephine_Blanes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Transylvania_University
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5