Friedrich August von Gebler

Friedrich August von Gebler or Fedor Vasilievich Gebler (Russian: Федор Васильевич Геблер; 15 December 1781 – 9 March 1850) was a Prussian physician, explorer, and naturalist who worked in the Russian Empire and was a corresponding member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Russia.

He was also keenly interested in minerals but failing to find a position in that field he chose to study medicine.

He moved to St. Petersburg in 1808 and joined the Russian government service in 1809 working at a hospital in Barnaul, Altai, south Siberia.

While located in the Altai region, he explored, collected and described specimens of fauna and flora.

[1] Gebler died in Barnaul and was buried in the Nagorny cemetery which was destroyed in the mid-1930s and has since been restored.