Jan Czerski
Geologist, Deceased Person
1845 – 1892
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Who was Jan Czerski?
Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski was a Polish paleontologist, geologist, geographer and explorer of Siberia. He was exiled to Transbaikalia for participation in the January Uprising of 1863. A self-taught scientist, he eventually received three gold medals from the Russian Geographical Society, and his name was given to a settlement, two mountain ranges, several peaks and other places. He authored the first map of Lake Baikal and died during an expedition to Kolyma.
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