Ivan Buresh
Ivan Buresh | |
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| Born | 27 December 1885 |
| Died | 8 August 1980 (aged 94) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Citizenship | Bulgarian |
| Alma mater | Charles University, Prague Sofia University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | zoology entomology |
| Institutions | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
Ivan Yosifov Buresh (Bulgarian: Иван Йосифов Буреш; 27 December 1885 – 8 August 1980) was a Bulgarian zoologist and entomologist who has been dubbed "the patriarch of Bulgarian biology". He contributed to entomology, speleology, herpetology, and botany, and wrote over 200 scientific and popular science articles. Buresh served as curator and later director of the Royal Museum of Natural History, became a full member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 1929, and led its Institute of Zoology from 1947 to 1959.