Sergei Ivanovich Ognev

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Ognev (1914)

Sergei Iwanowitsch Ognjow (* 5th November July / 17th November  1886 greg. In Moscow ; † 20 December 1951 ibid), mostly transcribed as Ognev in the scientific literature , was a Soviet mammalogue . He is considered the founder of the "Moscow School" of theriology .

Life

In 1910 Ognjow finished his studies, in 1928 he became a professor. The Russian Academy of Sciences commissioned him in 1913 with the shrew family to publish the "Fauna of Russia", which could not be printed until the end of the Russian Civil War. From 1922 until his death he worked on a monograph on the mammals of the Soviet Union, which remained unfinished after seven volumes.

Works

  • Mammals and their World (1959 German)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b W. G. Heptner : In memory of Prof. Dr. SI Ognew . In: Journal of Mammals . 1961, p.  120-125 ( PDF ).
personal data
SURNAME Ognjow, Sergei Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ognew, Sergei Ivanovich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet mammal loge
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1951
Place of death Moscow