Karl Ernst Claus
(1796-1864)
Russian scientist
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Karl Ernst Claus (also Karl Klaus or Carl Claus, Russian: Карл Ка́рлович Кла́ус, 23 January 1796 – 24 March 1864) was a German-Russian chemist and naturalist of Baltic German origin. Claus was a professor at Kazan State University and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was primarily known as a chemist and discoverer of the chemical element ruthenium, which he named after his homeland of Russia, but also as one of the first scientists who applied quantitative methods in botany.
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23 January 1796 Dorpat (now Tartu), Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
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25 March 1864 (aged 68) Tartu
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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