Trofim Lysenko
Soviet agronomist
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko was a Soviet agronomist and pseudoscientist. He was a strong proponent of Lamarckism, and rejected Mendelian genetics in favour of his own idiosyncratic, pseudoscientific ideas later termed Lysenkoism. Wikipedia
Born: September 29, 1898, Karlivka, Ukraine
Died: November 20, 1976 (age 78 years), Moscow, Russia
Education: National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (1922–1925) and Uman National University of Horticulture (1917–1921)
Known for: Lysenkoism; Rejecting Mendelian inheritance; Vernalization
Children: Oleg Lysenko, Lyudmila Lysenko, and Yuriy Lysenko
Parents: Oksana Lysenko and Denis Lysenko