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Kliment Timiryazev

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

Russian biologist (1843-1920)

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  • 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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