Vladimir Vernadsky.
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
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About Vladimir Vernadsky
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky, known in Ukraine as Volodymyr Ivanovych Vernadsky, was a Russian, Ukrainian, and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist who is considered one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and radiogeology. He was one of the founders and the first president of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Vladimir Vernadsky is most noted for his 1926 book The Biosphere in which he inadvertently worked to popularize Eduard Suess's 1875 term biosphere, by hypothesizing that life is the geological force that shapes the earth. In 1943 he was awarded the Stalin Prize. Vernadsky's portrait is depicted on the Ukrainian ₴1,000 hryvnia banknote.
Everything about Vladimir Vernadsky →- Occupation
- philosopher, geologist, biogeochemist, university teacher
- Position held
- professor, member of the State Council of the Russian Empire
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union
- Born
- February 28, 1863, March 12, 1863
- Died
- January 6, 1945