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J.F.v.Eschscholtz

Botanist, Physician and Naturalist Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz was born in 1793 in Dorpat (today Tartu, Estonia) and died 1831 in Dorpat. Dr. Eschscholtz was in California 1816-24. The California Poppy was named after him.

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