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Also known as Kliment Arkad'evich Timiryazev, Kliment Arkadievich Timiryazev

Russian biologist (1843-1920)

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Kliment Timiryazev (1843–1920) was a Russian botanist, physiologist, and inventor who worked in the field of biology. Born in Saint Petersburg and dying in Moscow, he held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. He was a member of the Royal Society, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Free Economic Society, and the Moscow Society of Naturalists. Timiryazev received the Croonian Medal and Lecture and held the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences.

He was employed by Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Russian State Agricultural University, and the Imperial Moscow University. As a doctoral supervisor, he mentored Vladimir Palladin and Vassili Sapojnikov, while studying under Jean-Baptiste Boussingault. His notable works include *The Life Of The Plant* and *Life of the PlantTen Popular Lectures*. Timiryazev was buried at Vagankovo Cemetery.

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Works
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Top works

  • The Life Of The Plant
  • Life of the PlantTen Popular Lectures

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Key facts

Born
22 May 1843 , Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire
Died
28 April 1920 (aged 76) , Moscow , Russian Soviet Republic
Alma mater
Saint Petersburg State University
Awards
Croonian Lecture (1903)
Fields
Botany , physiology
Institutions
Moscow State University
Thesis
Spectral analysis of chlorophyll (1871)

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Encyclopedic overview

Kliment Arkadievich Timiryazev, sometimes Timiriazev (Russian: Климент Аркадьевич Тимирязев; 22 May [O.S. 3 June] 1843 – 28 April 1920) was a Russian botanist and physiologist and a major proponent of thought of Charles Darwin in Russia. He founded a faculty of plant physiology and a laboratory at the Petrovskoye Academy.

Biography

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