Lev Berg

Also known as Lev Semyonovich Berg, Lev S. Berg, Lev S Berg, Leo S. Berg, L. S. Berg

Russian and Soviet geographer, biologist and ichthyologist (1876–1950)

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Born: Lev Semyonovich Berg , 14 March 1876, Bender , Bessarabia , Russian Empire
Died: 24 December 1950 (1950-12-24) (aged 74), Leningrad , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Fields: Geographer and biologist

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Instance of: human
Given name: Lev
Family name: Berg
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Place of birth: Bender
Place of death: Saint Petersburg
Child: Raisa Berg
Occupation: ichthyologist
Educated at: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Languages spoken: Russian
Notable work: Nomogenesis
Doctoral advisor: Vasili Dokuchayev
Student of: Dmitry Anuchin
Field of work: systematics
Image: Берг 1920 год.jpg

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author citation (zoology): L.S.Berg
Commons category: Lev Berg
date of birth: 1876-03-02
date of death: 1950-12-24
student: Anatoly Isachenko
place of burial: Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways
name in native language: Лев Семёнович Берг
member of: Russian Geographical Society

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Lev Semyonovich Berg, also known as Leo S. Berg (Russian: Лев Семёнович Берг; 14 March 1876 – 24 December 1950) was a leading Russian geographer, biologist and ichthyologist who served as President of the Soviet Geographical Society between 1940 and 1950.

He is known for his own evolutionary theory, nomogenesis (a form of orthogenesis incorporating mutationism) as opposed to the theories of Darwin and Lamarck.

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