Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque-Schmaltz

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:naturalist biologist botanist polymath
gptkbp:almaMater	self-taught
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:Rafinesque gptkb:C._S._Rafinesque
gptkbp:birthDate	1783-10-22
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Galata,_Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:Transylvania_University,_Lexington,_Kentucky
gptkbp:children	one daughter (died young)
gptkbp:deathDate	1840-09-18
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Transylvania_University
gptkbp:field	archaeology botany economics linguistics natural history zoology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz
gptkbp:influenced	botanical taxonomy zoological classification
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:dictionary botanical nomenclature describing many new species
gptkbp:language	gptkb:French gptkb:German gptkb:Greek gptkb:Italian gptkb:Latin English
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society gptkb:Academy_of_Natural_Sciences_of_Philadelphia
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American gptkb:French
gptkbp:notableContributor	early ideas on evolution contributions to North American flora and fauna described many new species of animals described over 6,700 new species of plants
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:professor
gptkbp:publishedWork	gptkb:Atlantic_Journal gptkb:Medical_Flora gptkb:New_Flora_and_Botany_of_North_America
gptkbp:signature	Constantine Samuel Rafinesque signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Josephine_Blanque
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Constantine_Rafinesque
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6