Vladimir Kovalevsky (paleontologist)

Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Russian: Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский; 14 August [O.S. 2 August] 1842 – 27 April [O.S. 15 April] 1883) was a Russian academic and paleontologist. One of the first adopters of Charles Darwin in Russia, he is most notable for his early work on the evolution of Hippomorpha. Brother of Alexander Kovalevsky. He married Sofia Kovalevskaya, and had a daughter named Sofia, nicknamed 'Fufa'. After spending some years together as a couple, Vladimir, financially ruined, a victim of depression and unable to support his wife and daughter, committed suicide.