Famintsyn A.S., (1835-1918), botanist

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FAMINTSYN Andrey Sergeevich (1835-1918), plant physiologist, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1884) and the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917). In 1857 he graduated from the University of St. Petersburg, where he held the professorship from 1867 to 1889. A founding director of the Laboratory of Plant Anatomy and Physiology (1890) (currently the Timiryazev Institute for Plant Physiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences). Together with V.I. Vernadsky, Famintsyn launched the Commission upon the Study of Russian Natural Productive Resources. In 1915, he was elected honorary president of the Russian Botanical Society. His major works dwell on the issues of photosynthesis and plant metabolism. He was buried at Smolenskoe Orthodox cemetery. The house, where Famintsyn lived (1/2 Leitenanta Shmidta Embankment), bears a memorial plaque.

References: Андрей Сергеевич Фаминцын: жизнь и науч. деятельность. Л., 1981; Строгонов Б. П. Андрей Сергеевич Фаминцын, 1835-1918. М., 1996.

O. N. Ansberg. Famintsyn Andrey Sergeevich
Timiryazev Klimenty Arkadievich
Vernadsky Vladimir Ivanovich
Leitenanta Schmidta Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 1/2
Андрей Сергеевич Фаминцын: жизнь и науч. деятельность. Л., 1981
Строгонов Б.П. Андрей Сергеевич Фаминцын, 1835 - 1918. М., 1996 Russian Academy of Sciences
State University, St. Petersburg
Commission for the Study of Russian Natural Productive Resources,
Russian Botanical Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences