Carl Robert Romanovich von der Osten Sacken
1828–1906
Russian entomologist and diplomat. Joined the Russian diplomatic corps in 1849. Russian consul-general in New York City, 1862–71. Most of his entomological work was on flies and mosquitoes; published major surveys of the Diptera of North America. Returned to Europe in 1877.
Source
ANB.
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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