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  • Ferdinand von Wrangel
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  • Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel (, Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel; – ) was a Baltic German explorer and seaman in Russian service, Honorable Member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, a founder of the Russian Geographic Society. He is best known as chief manager of the Russian-American Company, in fact governor of the Russian settlements in present day Alaska. In English texts, Wrangel is sometimes spelled Vrangel, a transliteration from Russian, which more closely represents its pronunciation in German, or Wrangell.
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Birth Date
  • 1796-12-29
death place
  • Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Spouse
  • Elisabeth Teodora Natalia Karolina de Rossillon
Name
  • Ferdinand von Wrangel
Caption
  • Admiral Ferdinand Wrangel
Birth Place
  • Pskov, Governorate of Pskov, Russian Empire
Title
death date
  • 1870-05-25
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Years
  • 1830
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Known For
  • Explorer
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  • Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel (, Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel; – ) was a Baltic German explorer and seaman in Russian service, Honorable Member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, a founder of the Russian Geographic Society. He is best known as chief manager of the Russian-American Company, in fact governor of the Russian settlements in present day Alaska. In English texts, Wrangel is sometimes spelled Vrangel, a transliteration from Russian, which more closely represents its pronunciation in German, or Wrangell.