Arvid Adolf Etholén, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetArvid Adolf Etholén
Finnish explorer
Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1799
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Date of Death: 29-Mar-1876
Profession: politician, explorer
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Arvid Adolf Etholén
- Arvid Adolf Etholén, or Adolf Karlovich Etolin (Russian: ?????? ???????? ??????) (9 January 1799, Helsinki – 29 March 1876, Elimäki) was a naval officer, explorer and administrator in the Russian Empire who was employed by the Russian-American Company from July 1818.
- He was a Swedish-speaking Finn, born in Helsinki in Swedish Finland.
- Etholén first reached Novoarkhangelsk (present-day Sitka, Alaska) in Russian America in the service of the Russian-American Company in 1818, rising to become Chief Manager of the Company between 1840 and 1845.
- ("Chief Manager" was a position sometimes referred to, though incorrectly, as "Governor").
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