Sergey Vavilov
Soviet physicist (1891–1951) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Вави́лов [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ vɐˈvʲiləf]; 24 March [O.S. 12 March] 1891 – January 25, 1951) was a Soviet physicist, the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union from July 1945 until his death. His elder brother Nikolai Vavilov was a famous Russian geneticist.
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Sergey Vavilov | |
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Сергей Вавилов | |
Born | Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (1891-03-24)24 March 1891 |
Died | 25 January 1951(1951-01-25) (aged 59) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Known for | Vavilov-Cherenkov effect |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics, optics |
Doctoral advisor | Pyotr Lebedev[1] |
Doctoral students | Pavel Cherenkov[1] Ilya Frank Vladimir Veksler |
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