Andrey Kursanov

Chemist, Author

1902 – 1999

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Who was Andrey Kursanov?

Andrey Lvovich Kursanov was a Soviet specialist on the physiology and biochemistry of plants. He was an academician of the Soviet and Russian Academies of Sciences since 1953. He was a member of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1957-1963.

Kursanov graduated from Moscow State University in 1926. He was awarded the degree of doctor of sciences in biology in 1940 and became a professor at his alma mater in 1944.

Professor Kursanov was awarded a number of honorary doctorates and was an honorary member of a number of foreign scientific societies and academies. He was elected a foreign fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1962 and member of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1965.

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Born
Nov 8, 1902
Also known as
  • Andreĭ Lʹvovich Kursanov
Profession
Education
  • Moscow State University
Died
Sep 20, 1999

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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