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Ivan Michurin
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Russian botanist (1855-1935)
Key facts
- Born
- Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin , October 27 [ O.S. October 15 ] 1855, Dolgoye, Pronsky Uyezd , Ryazan Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- June 7, 1935 (1935-06-07) (aged 79), Michurinsk , Tambov Oblast , RSFSR , Soviet Union
- Known for
- Genetic selection of plants
- Fields
- Botany
- Institutions
- VASKhNIL
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ivan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of death
- Michurinsk
- Occupation
- geneticist
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Field of work
- botany
- Official website
- imichurin.narod.ru/Index.html
- Image
- Michurin 1936.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
- date of birth
- 1855-10-15
- date of death
- 1935-06-07
- Commons Creator page
- Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
- member of
- VASKhNIL
- place of burial
- Michurinsk
- interested in
- botany
- name in native language
- Иван Мичурин
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (Russian: Иван Владимирович Мичурин; October 27 [O.S. October 15] 1855 – June 7, 1935) was a Russian practitioner of selection to produce new types of crop plants, Honorable Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and academician of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agriculture.
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