Portrait of Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke

Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke

Baltic German admiral

Lived
1797–1882
Country
Russia

Updated September 2026

About Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke

Friedrich Benjamin Graf von Lütke was a Russian navigator, geographer, and Arctic explorer. He became a count in 1866, and an admiral in 1855. He was a corresponding member (1829), honorable member (1855), and president (1864) of the Russian Academy of Science in St. Petersburg. He was also an Honorable Member of many other Russian and foreign scientific establishments, and a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris.

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