Lev Berg
Russian and Soviet scientist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lev Semyonovich Berg, also known as Leo S. Berg (Russian: Лев Семёнович Берг; 14 March 1876 – 24 December 1950) was a leading Russian geographer, biologist and ichthyologist who served as President of the Soviet Geographical Society between 1940 and 1950.
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Lev Berg | |
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Born | Lev Semyonovich Berg 14 March 1876 |
Died | 24 December 1950 (1950-12-25) (aged 74) |
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Fields | Geographer and biologist |
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He is known for his own evolutionary theory, nomogenesis (a form of orthogenesis incorporating mutationism) as opposed to the theories of Darwin and Lamarck.