Aleksandr Fomin (botanist)
Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin | |
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Fomin, before 1935 | |
| Born | 2 May 1869 Ermolevka, Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast, Russia |
| Died | 16 October 1935 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Alma mater | Kiev Taras Shevchenko University |
| Known for | Taxonomy Botany |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Fomin |
Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin (1869-1935) was a botanist. He studied ferns and seed plants. He was also a director of the Kiev University Botanical Garden; which was renamed after him, when he died. He was a subject of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union.