births
February 17, 1799
Carl Julian (von) Graba, German lawyer and ornithologist who visited and studied the Faroe Islands (died 1874)
Carl Julian (von) Graba
Carl Julian (von) Graba was a German lawyer and Royal Danish judicial councillor, and was also a keen ornithologist and one of the first modern researchers to visit and study the Faroe Islands, where he described the local puffin which was subsequently named Fratercula arctica grabae after him. Graba's findings were mentioned in 1872 by Charles Darwin in his book On the Origin of Species.
February 17
February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 317 days remain until the end of the year.