Pyotr Kozlov

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Pyotr Kozlov
Пётр Кузьми́ч Козло́в
Kozlov before 1888
Born
Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov

(1863-10-03)3 October 1863
Died26 September 1935(1935-09-26) (aged 71)
Peterhof, Russia
OccupationExplorer
SpouseElizabeth Kozlova

Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov (

Nikolai Przhevalsky in Mongolia and Tibet
.

Biography

Although prepared by his parents for a military career, Kozlov chose to join Nikolai Przhevalsky's expedition. After his mentor's death, Kozlov continued traveling in

During the first decade of the 20th century, when

British War Office a fright",[2] especially after the Lama declared his intention to "settle within the confines of Russia".[3]

During his expedition of 1907–1909, Kozlov explored the

Founder's Medal for his explorations.[4]

His last expedition to Mongolia and Tibet (1923–1926) resulted in the discovery of an unprecedented number of

Novgorod
.

Kozlov married Elizabeth Kozlova, a woman 29 years his junior, who accompanied him on his final journey of exploration as the expedition ornithologist, and who was to publish many monographs and scientific papers on the avifauna of Central Asia.

Kozlov was a mentor of the Russian explorer and writer Vladimir Arsenyev.

In 1904, the botanist

Vladimir Ippolitovich Lipsky published a genus of flowering plants from Central Asia (belonging to the family Apiaceae) as Kozlovia, in Pyotr Kozlov's honour.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Constantine Medal of the IRGS". Russian Geographical Society. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  2. . Page 71.
  3. . Page 29.
  4. ^ "List of Past Gold Medal Winners" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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  6. ^ "Kozlovia Lipsky | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 May 2021.

External links

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