List of Famous people with last name Rafinesque
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
First Name Constantine
Last Name Rafinesque
Born on October 22, 1783
Born in Istanbul Province, Istanbul
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimately settling in Ohio in 1815, where he made notable contributions to botany, zoology, and the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America. He also contributed to the study of ancient Mesoamerican linguistics, in addition to work he had already completed in Europe.
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