Bieberstein, Friedrich August Marshal von

Bieberstein (Friedrich August Marshal von, 10th August 1768, Stuttgart – 28th June 1826, Merefi, near Kharkiv) was a German botanist and zoologist. He graduated from the Stuttgart Cadet Corps in 1789. In 1793, he joined the Russian military service. He participated in expeditions organized by the Russian authorities. He traveled through the Caucasus four times and visited Georgia.

In 1800, he published a work in German, in which he presented the results of a study about the Northern and Southern mountainous regions of the Caucasus. He also provided information about Georgia.

Literary works: Beschreibung der Länder zwischen den Flüssen Terek und Kur am Caspischen Meer, Fr./M., 1800.

Literature: П о л и е в к т о в  М. А., Европейские путешественники XIII–XVIII вв. По Кавказу, Тфл., 1935, с. 146–148.