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Nikolai Vasilyevich Bobretsky

1843–1907

Russian zoologist. Studied natural science at Kiev, 1862–6; passed his master’s exam and became a laboratory assistant in 1868. Went to the Crimea in 1869 to study annelids of the Black Sea. Doctorate in zoology, Kiev, 1873; professor extraordinarius, 1877. Worked on the embryology of various invertebrates and the taxonomy of worms, and published a highly regarded textbook on zoology.

Source

Bol’shaya entsiklopediya.

Bibliography

Bol’shaya entsiklopediya: Bol’shaya entsiklopediya v shestidesyati dvukh tomakh. (Большая энциклопедия: в шестидесяти двух томах.) Main editor: S. A. Kondratov. Scientific editorial advisor: G. A. Mesiyats. 62 vols. Moscow: Terra. 2006.

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