Peter von Glehn (; in Jelgimeggi Manor – in

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) was a

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. Peter von Glehn was born in the Jelgimeggi manor () in 1835, to a Baltic German landowner, member of the Glehn family, Peter von Glehn (1796–1843) and Auguste Caroline Marie Burchart von Bellavary, member of the Burchardt family who took care of the Town Hall Pharmacy in

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. He had 2 younger brothers: Nikolai (1841–1923), the founder of Nömme (), and Len von Glehn, (1844-1920), and 3 sisters: Marie Elisabeth (1840–????), Julie Wilhelmine (1842–1867) and Marie (1843–1884). He graduated at the

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() with a gold medal. Glehn's Spruce (''Picea glehnii''), a species of

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in the family

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, is named after Peter von Glehn.

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1835 births 1876 deaths People from Saku Parish People from Kreis Harrien Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire 19th-century botanists from the Russian Empire University of Tartu alumni {{Estonia-academic-bio-stub

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