Simon Pallas

Simon Pallas (1694 – July 24, 1770) was a German physician.

Contents

• On the Path of Pallas Exploring the Sokhondo Biospheric Reserve a film by Nadezhda Pavlenko
• Writings
• References

Pallas was born in Berlin, where he remained through his life. He was professor of surgery at the Collegium medico-chirurgicum, and first surgeon at the Charite hospital. He was considered a bold surgeon, and wrote a number of textbooks on the subject.

He was the father of famous zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas, and of physician August Friedrich Pallas.