Theodor Friedrich Julius Basiner
Theodor Friedrich Julius Basiner was a Baltic German botanist who lived and worked mainly in Imperial Russia.Theodor Friedrich Julius Basiner was born in Tartu, present-day Estonia, and studied at Tartu University between 1836 and 1840. In 1843 he became a conservator at the Botanical Garden in Saint Petersburg. He kept this position until 1845, when he became the institution's librarian. In 1849 he moved to a new position in Kiev, present-day Ukraine. In 1842-43 he made a scientific journey to Khiva in present-day Uzbekistan. He died in Vienna, Austria.- Naturwissenschaftliche Reise durch die Kirgisensteppe nach Chiva
