Jan Czerski

Czerski, 1879 Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski, also Ivan Dementievich Chersky or Yan Dominikovich Chersky (, Ян Доминикович Черский; – ) was a Russian and Polish paleontologist, osteologist, geologist, geographer and explorer of Siberia.

He was exiled to Transbaikalia for participating in the January Uprising of 1863. A self-taught scientist, he eventually received three gold medals from the Russian Geographical Society, and his name was given to a settlement, two mountain ranges, several peaks and other sites. He authored the first map of Lake Baikal. Provided by Wikipedia
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