Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
(1783-1840)
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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840) was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimately settling in Ohio in 1815, where he made notable contributions to botany, zoology, and the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America. He also contributed to the study of ancient Mesoamerican linguistics, in addition to work he had already completed in Europe.
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22 October 1783 Galata, Istanbul, Turkey
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18 September 1840 (aged 56) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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