Vladimir Vernadsky
Vladimir Vernadsky | |
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Vernadsky in 1934 | |
| Born | Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky 12 March [O.S. 28 February] 1863 |
| Died | 6 January 1945 (aged 81) |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
| Education | Doctor of Science (1897) |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg Imperial University |
| Known for | Noosphere Biogeochemistry |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, crystallography, mineralogy, geochemistry, radiogeology, biology, biogeochemistry, philosophy |
| Institutions | Moscow University Professor National Academy of Science of Ukraine Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies |
| Thesis | Slip phenomena of crystalline matter |
| Signature | |
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (Russian: Владимир Иванович Вернадский), also spelt Volodymyr Ivanovych Vernadsky (Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Вернадський; 12 March [O.S. 28 February] 1863 – 6 January 1945), was a Russian, Ukrainian, and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist who is considered one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and radiogeology. He was one of the founders and the first president of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (now National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). Vladimir Vernadsky is most noted for his 1926 book The Biosphere in which he inadvertently worked to popularize Eduard Suess's 1875 term biosphere, by hypothesizing that life is the geological force that shapes the earth. In 1943 he was awarded the Stalin Prize. Vernadsky's portrait is depicted on the Ukrainian ₴1,000 hryvnia banknote.