Nikolai Vavilov
Russian-Soviet agronomist and botanist
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov ForMemRS, HFRSE was a Russian and Soviet agronomist, botanist and geneticist who identified the centers of origin of cultivated plants. He devoted his life to the study and improvement of wheat, maize and other cereal... Wikipedia
Born: November 25, 1887, Moscow, Russia
Died: January 26, 1943 (age 55 years), Saratov, Russia
Full name: Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov
Notable students: Alexander Negrul and Boris Semevskiy