Alexander Fersman
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Alexander Evgenyevich Fersman (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Ферсман; 8 November 1883 – 20 May 1945) was a prominent Soviet Russian geochemist and mineralogist, and a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1919–1945).
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Evgenyevich and the family name is Fersman.
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Born | 8 November 1883[1][2] |
Died | 20 May 1945 (aged 61)[1][2] |
Alma mater | Moscow State University[1] |
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Fields | Geochemistry, mineralogy |
Institutions | Fersman Mineralogical Museum |
Academic advisors | Vladimir Vernadsky Victor Goldschmidt[1] |
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