Boris Balinsky
Ukrainian-South African biologist (1905–1997) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Borys Ivanovych Balinsky (23 September 1905 – 1 September 1997) was a Ukrainian-South African biologist, embryologist, entomologist.
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Borys Balinsky
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Born | (1905-09-23)23 September 1905 |
Died | 1 September 1997(1997-09-01) (aged 91) Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Children | John Balinsky, Helen David |
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Fields | Embryology, entomology |
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Doctoral advisor | Ivan Schmalhausen |
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A professor at Kyiv University and later the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,[1] Balinsky was a pioneer researcher in the field of experimental embryology, electron microscopy and developmental biology and the author of a popular textbook in embryology An Introduction to Embryology.[2][3]