Vladimir Alexandrovich Filov

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Wladimir Alexandrovich Filov ( Russian Владимир Александрович Филов , scientific transliteration Vladimir Aleksandrovič Filov , English Vladimir Aleksandrovich Filov, born December 23, 1930 in Leningrad ; † October 20, 2006 ) was a Russian toxicologist and library director.

Professional career

Filov graduated from Leningrad University in 1959 and worked in a variety of roles as a chemist and toxicologist in cancer research. From 1980 to 1988 he also headed the library of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (BAN) in Leningrad . After the fire in 1988, the media accused him of trivializing the situation; a few days later he had a heart attack and did not return to work. Valery Pavlovich Leonov took over his post .

Filow later stated that in 1980 he was suddenly asked to head the BAN, which was supposed to be led by a scientist. He only agreed on the condition that he could continue to work as a biologist; he was unable to reform the departments that had developed a life of their own in the BAN.

Publications (selection)

  • with Margarita Vladimirovna Kukuschkina: Rukopisnye fondy Biblioteki Akademii Nauk SSSR. (Eng. The manuscript holdings of the Library of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. , Leningrad 1988)
  • Directory of libraries and information centers of the academies of sciences of socialist countries. Moscow 1986
  • Lekarstvennaja terapija opucholej (German medical therapy for tumors ). Leningrad 1983

Individual evidence

  1. ^ VA Filov: On the origins of the Library Syndrome. In: VP Leonov: The Library Syndrome. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11407-9 , p. 71 ff.

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personal data
SURNAME Filov, Vladimir Alexandrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Филов, Владимир Александрович (Russian spelling); Filov, Vladimir Aleksandrovič (transliterated); Filov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich (English spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian toxicologist and library director
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 2006