Benedykt Dybowski (May 12, 1833-January 31, 1930) was a Polish naturalist and physician. is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now often viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines of integrative organismal biology. ...

Benedykt Dybowski was born in Adamaryni of Novogrudski district of the Grodnenska region (former Minsk province). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Location of Minsk, shown within the Minsk Voblast Coordinates: Country Subdivision Belarus Minsk Founded 1067 Government  - Mayor Mikhail Pavlov Area  - City 305. ...

He studied at Minsk high school, and later medicine at Tartuski (earlier Deptski) University (Estonia). He later studied in Breslau University and went on expeditions to seek and study the oceanic fishes and crustaceans. He became a Professor of Zoology at the Warsaw main school. The main building of Wrocław University, seen from the University bridge (Most Uniwersytecki) spanning the Oder River. ...

In 1863 he was arrested and condemned to death for taking part in Polish Uprising. His sentence was later reduced to 12 years in Siberia. “Siberian” redirects here. ...

He started studying the natural history of Siberia and in 1866 a governor Muraviov dismissed Dybowski from the hard labour, renewed his civil rights and proposed him to work as a doctor in hospital.

He later settled in a small village Kultuk and began detailed studying of Baikal Lake with some technical support of Russian Geographical Society. “Baikal” redirects here. ... The Russian Geographical Society is a learned society, founded on 6 August 1845 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. ...

In 1927 the Academy of Sciences in the USSR elected Dybowski as a member-correspondent. Apart from that in 1921 Dybowski was given an honorary doctorate by the Warsaw's University, and in 1923 by the Vilnius University. On 95th Dybowski's birthday he was congratulated by Shevchenko Scientific Society government. The Grand Courtyard of Vilnius University and the Church of St. ...

Dybowski died at the age 97 years. He is buried in Lviv on the Łyczakowski cemetery among the participants of the Polish Uprising of 1863. Lemberg redirects here. ...

An amphipod (Gammaracanthuskytodermogammarus loricatobaicalensis) from Lake Baikal named by him was once considered the longest scientific name. However, the name is now invalid. Sub-orders Gammaridea Caprellidea Hyperiidea Ingolfiellidea Amphipoda (amphipods) include about 4600 different species of small, shrimp-like crustaceans. ... The longest word in English depends upon the definition of what constitutes an English word. ...

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