| Konstantin Ivanovich Skrjabin | |
|---|---|
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Memorial plaque devoted to Constantin Scriabine in Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki Memorial plaque devoted to Constantin Scriabine in Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki | |
| Born |
7 December 1878 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died |
17 September 1972 (aged 93) Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | Russian Empire, USSR |
| Alma mater | Dorpat (Tartu) Veterinary Institute |
Konstantin Ivanovich Skrjabin (1878–1972) was a Soviet scientist in the field of Helminthology, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1939),[1] academician of USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labor (1958), winner of Stalin Prize and Lenin Prize. He was a founder of the helminthology school, and an author of landmark books on helminths in Soviet Union.
Life[]
Konstantin Ivanovich Skrjabin was born on 25 November (7 December) 1878 in Saint Petersburg. In 1905 he graduated from Dorpat (Tartu) Veterinary Institute. From 1905 to 1911 C.I.Scriabine worked as a veterinary physician in Aulie-Ata and Shymkent. In 1912 to 1914 he was sent on assignment mission to Germany, Switzerland, and France. From 1915 to 1917, C.I.Scriabine worked as a researcher in the Central Veterinary Laboratory of Saint Petersburg. In 1917 he became a professor of the Parasitology Department of Don Veterinary Institute in Novocherkassk. He was a Head of the Department of the Moscow Veterinary Institute (1920-1925) and (1933-1941), and at the same time Head of Helminthology Division of the Central Tropical Institute (1921-1941).
Tributes[]
About 40 genera were named after the parasitologist:
- Skrjabinella
- Skrjabinodentus
- Skrjabinocercella
- Skrjabinoeces
- Skrjabinostrongylus
- Skrjabinobilharzia
- Skrjabinobronema
- Skrjabinocapillaria
- Skrjabinocara
- Skrjabinocerca
- Skrjabinocercella
- Skrjabinocerina
- Skrjabinochona
- Skrjabinochora
- Skrjabinocladorchis
- Skrjabinoclava
- Skrjabinocoelum
- Skrjabinocta
- Skrjabinodendrium
- Skrjabinodera
- Skrjabinodon
- Skrjabinoeces
- Skrjabinofilaria
- Skrjabinolecithum
- Skrjabinomermis
- Skrjabinomerus
- Skrjabinonchus
- Skrjabinoparaksis
- Skrjabinophora
- Skrjabinophyetus
- Skrjabinoplagiorchis
- Skrjabinoporus
- Skrjabinopsolus
- Skrjabinoptera
- Skrjabinorhynchus
- Skrjabinosomum
- Skrjabinostrongylus
- Skrjabinotaenia
- Skrjabinotaurus
- Skrjabinotrema
- Skrjabinovermis
- Skrjabinozoum
References[]
- ↑ Russian Academy of Sciences (in Russian)
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