Christian Nikolai Richard Pohle (Russian: Рихард Рихардович Поле, romanized: Rikhard Rikhardovich Pole; 5 August 1869 – 4 August 1926) was a Baltic German botanist.
Life and Work
Pohle was born in Riga (then part of the Russian Empire, now Latvia). He studied in Germany and earned his doctorate degree from the Dresden University of Technology. From 1905 to 1916, he worked at the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden. During his career, he undertook scientific expeditions to Novaya Zemlya and Siberia, contributing to the botanical knowledge of those regions.
In 1916, during the political turmoil of World War I, Pohle was under threat of deportation to Siberia. He managed to flee Russia on snowshoes through northern Finland to Norway, eventually settling in Germany, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died on 4 August 1926 in Braunschweig, one day before his 57th birthday.
Legacy
Pohle is recognized as a botanist who contributed to the study of Arctic and Siberian flora. His botanical work is associated with the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden, and his collections and publications pertain primarily to the plant life of northern Russia and the Arctic regions.
