Statues - Hither & Thither

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Karl Ernst von Baer (1792, Piibe manor - 1876, Tartu) was a scientist and a
mediacl man, the founder of descriptive and comparative embryology. He
studied medicine in Tartu and received his doctorate here. He also spent the last
nine years of his life in Tartu. K.E. von Baer accomplished his life's work in St.
Petersburg and Königsberg, publishing his works on embryology, geography,
anthropology, ethnography, and ichthyology there. In 1826, he discovered the
mammal ovule. K.E. von Baer participated in many scientific expeditions. He
discovered the difference between the opposite banks of river, caused by the
rotation of the Earth, and the permafrost of Siberia. Seven geographical objects
have been named in his honour, for example, in Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef
Land, Spitzbergen, etc.
The monument designed by Aleksandr Opekushin was unveiled on November
28, 1886, on the 10th death anniversart of the scientist