Georgi Vladimirovich Vernadsky
Georgi Vladimirovich Vernadsky ( Russian Георгий Владимирович Вернадский , English George Vernadsky * August 20 jul. / 1. September 1887 greg. In Saint Petersburg , † 20 June 1973 in New Haven (Connecticut) ) was a Russian-American historian .
Vernadsky was the son of Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadski . During the Russian Civil War , he emigrated first to Czechoslovakia, then to the United States in 1927. In 1946 he became professor of Russian history at Yale University .
literature
- Alan D. Ferguson: George Vernadsky, 1887–1973. In: Russian Review, 1973 (32), pp. 456-458.
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SURNAME | Vernadsky, Georgi Vladimirovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Вернадский, Георгий Владимирович (Russian spelling); Vernadsky, George (English spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-American historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1887 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1973 |
Place of death | New Haven (Connecticut) |