Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
French naturalist
- Lived
- 1783–1840
Updated September 2026
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About Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz was a French polymath of the early 19th century. Born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire, he was self-educated in France.
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