Christian von Steven

Christian von Steven (Russian: Христиан Христианович Стевен - Khristian Khristianovich Steven; 19 January 1781, in Fredrikshamn, Finland – 30 April 1863, in Simferopol, Crimea) was a Finnish-born Russian botanist and entomologist.

Not to be confused with Steven Christian.

Christian von Steven
Христиан Христианович Стевен
Nikitsky Botanical Garden Monument to Christian von Steven
Born(1781-01-19)January 19, 1781
Fredrikshamn, Finland
DiedApril 30, 1863(1863-04-30) (aged 82)
Simferopol, Crimea
NationalityRussian
Alma materSt Petersburg Medical and Surgical Academy
Spouse(s)Marie Karlovna Gartzewitsch (née Hagendorff)
AwardsOrder of Saint Anna, Second Class
Order of St. Vladimir, Third Class (Russia)
Scientific career
Fields
ThesisSpicilegium cryptogamicum florae Petropolitanae (1800)
Author abbrev. (botany)Steven

Steven studied medicine at Saint Petersburg University before working at a centre for silk production in the Caucasus where he commenced as an assistant, progressing to inspector (1806). In 1812, he participated in the creation of a Nikitsky Botanical Garden at Nikita in the Crimea, which he directed from 1824. From 1826 to 1851, he directed a Magnanery. In 1815, he was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

He collected an important herbarium which is deposited at the Botanical Museum of the University of Helsinki.

Steven was of Swiss descent.[2]

Works
  • Monographia Pedicularis, 1822.
  • Verzeichnis der auf der taurischen Halbinsel wildwachsenden Pflanzen, 1856–1857.

References
  • Translation of the article in French Wikipedia
  1. IPNI.  Steven.
  2. Vuokko, Seppo (22 April 2013). "unohdettu suurmies" (PDF). Maaseudun Tulevaisuus (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 November 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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