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Porfirii Nikitich Krylov |
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Krylov, Porfirii Nikitich
Born Aug. 1 (13), 1850, in the village of Sagaiskaia, in present-day Karatuz Raion, Krasnoiarsk Krai; died Dec. 27, 1931, in Tomsk. Soviet botanist. Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1929) and of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1925). From 1885, Krylov worked at the University of Tomsk, receiving a professorship there in 1917. At the university he established a botanical garden and an herbarium. One of the founders of phytocoenology, Krylov researched the plant life of the Urals and Siberia. He was the author of The Flora of the Altai and Tomsk Province (vols. 1–7, 1901–14). The book’s second edition, The Flora of Western Siberia (issues 1–12, 1927–64), was completed after his death. REFERENCERusskie botaniki: Biografo-bibliograficheskii slovar’, vol. 4. Compiled by S. Iu. Lipshits. Moscow, 1952.Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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