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Nikolai Vavilov
Sign in to saveAlso known as Vavilov, Nicolai Ivanovitch Vavilov, Nikolai Ivanovitch Vavilov, Vavilov, N.I., Nikolaj Ivanovič Vavilov, Nikolaï Ivanovitch Vavilov, Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov
Russian (Soviet) agronomist, botanist and geneticist (1887-1943)
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Nikolai Vavilov was a male botanist, biologist, explorer, and geneticist born in Moscow in 1887. He worked in the fields of biology, agriculture, genetics, and botany. Vavilov was educated at the Russian State Agricultural University and held citizenship in the Russian Empire, the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, and the Soviet Union. He resided in Russia and spoke Russian and English.
He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and the Royal Society. His employers included the Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering named after N. I. Vavilov, VASKhNIL, the Russian Geographical Society, and the Federal Research Center "N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources." He received the Lenin Prize.
Vavilov died in Saratov on January 26, 1943, due to starvation. He was married to Elena Barulina and had a sibling named Sergey Vavilov. His works include *Atamany* and *Zapiski esaula Repnikova*.
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- Atamany
- Zapiski esaula Repnikova
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nikolay
- Family name
- Vavilov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Saratov
- Spouse
- Elena Barulina
- Sibling
- Sergey Vavilov
- Occupation
- botanical collector
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- botany
- Image
- Nikolai Vavilov NYWTS.jpg
- Residence
- Russia
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- Nikolai Vavilov
- date of death
- 1943-01-26
- date of birth
- 1887-11-13
- cause of death
- starvation
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- Nikolai Vavilov
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- Endubis
- member of
- VASKhNIL
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Encyclopedic overview
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov ForMemRS, HFRSE (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Вави́лов, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ vɐˈvʲiləf] ; 25 November [O.S. 13 November] 1887 – 26 January 1943) was a Russian and Soviet agronomist, botanist and geneticist who identified the centers of origin of cultivated plants. His research focused on improvement of wheat, maize and other cereal crops.
Vavilov became the youngest member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. He was a member of the USSR Central Executive Committee, a recipient of the Lenin Prize, and president of All-Union Geographical Society. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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