Karl Fuchs was an

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. He founded the Kazan Zoo in 1806,History of Kazan Zoo. Kazan zoo official site. RU
as well as the Botanical Museum in Kazan. He served as the Rector of Kazan University from 1823 to 1827.

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* https://newkazan.blogspot.com * http://www.ksu.ru/eng/general/museums.htm * http://www.ndrt.ru/fuks/topart.php?lang=de * https://web.archive.org/web/20071027075916/http://braunschweig.de/staedtepartnerschaften/akt_01_02.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20081006005254/http://www.mandolinengruppe-schwalmstadt.de/presse/presse.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuchs, Karl Scientists from Kazan Ethnic German people from the Russian Empire Academic staff of Kazan Federal University 19th-century botanists from the Russian Empire 19th-century zoologists from the Russian Empire 19th-century educators from the Russian Empire Year of birth missing Year of death missing