Filipp Wassiljewitsch Ovsjannikow
Filipp Wassiljewitsch Ovsyannikow , Russian Филипп Васильевич Овсянников , English transcription Filipp Ovsyannikov, (born June 14, 1827 in Saint Petersburg ; † May 25, 1906 ) was a Russian physiologist, anatomist, histologist and embryologist.
Ovsjannikow attended the Peter and Paul School in Saint Petersburg and studied at the University of Dorpat with the degree in 1853 (doctorate in 1854). He then completed his clinical training in Saint Petersburg until 1856. In 1860 he was with Claude Bernard in Paris and in 1869 with Carl Ludwig in Leipzig. From 1858 to 1862 he taught physiology and pathology at the University of Kazan and from 1864 to 1886 he was professor of anatomy and physiology (later also histology and embryology) at the University of St. Petersburg and the Academy of Sciences . There he founded the Physiological Laboratory of the Academy of Sciences in 1864.
He dealt with the physiology of the nervous system and demonstrated the existence of a vasomotor center in the medulla oblongata and determined its expansion (1871). He was a pioneer in histology in Russia.
In Russia he is also considered the founder of artificial insemination in sturgeon breeding , for which he received the gold medal of the Free Economic Society. He had previously been sent to the Volga and Caspian Seas by the Ministry of Fisheries in 1856 to study fisheries. He was several times at the Zoological Station in Naples and dealt with zoological topics such as the development of the river lamprey .
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov and Elias von Cyon are among his students .
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| SURNAME | Ovsjannikow, Filipp Wassiljewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ovsyannikov, Filipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian physiologist, anatomist and histologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1906 |