Nikolai Vavilov
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1887 – 1943
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Who was Nikolai Vavilov?
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov ForMemRS was a prominent Russian and Soviet botanist and geneticist best known for having identified the centres of origin of cultivated plants. He devoted his life to the study and improvement of wheat, corn, and other cereal crops that sustain the global population.
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- Born
- Nov 25, 1887
Moscow - Also known as
- Nikolai Ivanovich
- N. I. Vavilov
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Russia
- Profession
- Education
- Russian State Agricultural University
- Died
- Jan 26, 1943
Saratov
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on July 23, 2013
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