Israil Iossifowitsch Agol
Israil Iossifowitsch Agol ( Russian Израиль Иосифович Агол ; born November 20, 1891 in Babrujsk ; † March 8, 1937 ) was a Soviet geneticist and philosopher.
Agol fought in World War I and later for the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War . He then took on high-ranking party functions and editorial posts at various newspapers. In the early 1920s he lived in the Kremlin , where his wife worked in Lenin's secretariat. In 1923/24 he campaigned for the left opposition to Stalinism . He studied philosophy with Abram Deborin and assisted the geneticist Alexander Serebrowski in important experiments.
Israil Agol and the also Soviet geneticist Solomon Lewit worked from 1930 to 1932 for the later Nobel Prize winner Hermann Joseph Muller at the University of Texas. After their return, both were subjected to repression as opponents of Lysenkoism . They were arrested and shot during the Great Terror .
Israil Agol is the father of polio researcher Vadim Israilewitsch Agol (* 1929).
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| SURNAME | Agol, Israil Iossifowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Агол, Израиль Иосифович |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet geneticist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Babruysk |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1937 |