![Karl Ernst von Baer Karl Ernst von Baer](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/karl-ernst-von-baer-1.jpg)
Karl Ernst von Baer was a Baltic German explorer and scientist. A multi-talented personality, Baer was also a biologist, naturalist, geologist, geographer, and meteorologist. He is also regarded as the founding father of embryology. One of the founders of the Russian Geographical Society, Karl Ernst von Baer also served as the maiden president of the Russian Entomological Society.