Stoycho Vassilev Breskovski

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Vassilev and the family name is Breskovski.

Stoycho Vassilev Breskovski (Bulgarian: Стойчо Василев Бресковски; December 25, 1934, in Granit, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria – January 15, 2004, in Sofia, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian paleontologist.^[1][2]

Stoycho Vassilev Breskovski
Стойчо Василев Бресковски
Dr. Breskovski with students during a fossilling day in 1981. He never considered himself a rock star or a hunter.
Born	(1934-12-25)25 December 1934 Granit, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria
Died	15 January 2004(2004-01-15) (aged 69) Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria
Resting place	Central Sofia Cemetery 42°43.074′N 23°19.904′E
Nationality	Bulgarian
Citizenship	Bulgaria
Alma mater	Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Spouse	Nonka Lukova Motekova ​ ​ (m. 1962⁠–⁠2004)​
Parent(s)	Vassil Stoychev Breskovski (father) Paraskeva (née Nedelcheva Slavova) Breskovska (mother)
Relatives	Vesselina Breskovska (sister)
Scientific career
Fields	Barremian Palaeontology Stratigraphy
Institutions	National Museum of Natural History (Bulgaria) Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Thesis	Биостратиграфия на баремския етаж в част от Североизточна България (An Essay on Biostratigraphy of the Barremian Stage in a Part of Northeastern Bulgaria)  (1974)
Doctoral advisor	Vassil Tzankov
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Breskovski

Biography

Stoycho Breskovski was the only son of educators Vassil Stoychev Breskovski (1902 - 1978) and Paraskeva (née Nedelcheva Slavova) Breskovska (1906 - 1988). After receiving his primary and secondary education in Plovdiv, he studied geology at Sofia University and graduated in 1958.^[2] Then, he took active part in Bulgarian geological survey and in the preparation of the geological map of Bulgaria at scale of 1:200,000. Later Dr. Breskovski was noted for his research on Lower Cretaceous, Barremian fauna.^[3] He was also credited for discovering, identifying and discerning several families, subfamilies, genera and species of ammonites.

From 1974 to 1995 Breskovski had been research associate and curator of the paleontology collection at the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia.^[4][2] He contributed to the collections at the natural history museums in the Bulgarian cities of Elena, Rousse, Razgrad, and Shumen. In later age he tried to reconcile his various hobbies of collecting stamps, pocket calendars, phillumeny and philately with science. His older sister, Vesselina Breskovska, was professor of mineralogy, dean and vice rector at Sofia University. He was survived by his wife of 42 years and fellow paleontologist, Nona Motekova,^[5] a son and a daughter, a granddaughter and a grandson, and a siamese cat.

Honors

A genus and two species of Lower Cretaceous ammonites bear his name.^[6][7][8][9]

Selected bibliography

• Tzankov, V.; S. Breskovski (1985), Ammonites des familles Holcodiscidae Spath, 1924 et Astieridiscidae Tzankov & Breskovski, 1982. II. Description paléontologique, Geologica Balcanica, 15.5, 3-53.
• Tzankov, V.; S. Breskovski (1985), Ammonites des familles Holcodiscidae Spath, 1924 et Astieridiscidae Tzankov & Breskovski, 1982. I. Stratigraphie et notes phylogénétiques, Geologica Balcanica, 15.3, 45-62.
• Tzankov, V.; S. Breskovski (1982), Volume et contenu de la famille Holcodiscidae Spath, 1924, C. R. Acad. Bulg. Sci., 35, 4, 491-93.
• Breskovski, St. (1980), Des genres nouveaux du Crétacé inférieur de la famille Desmoceratidae Zittel, 1895 (Ammonoidea). C. R. Acad. Bulg. Sci., 33, 2; 245-48.
• Breskovski, S. V. (1977). "Sur la classification de la famille Desmoceratidae Zittel, 1895 (Ammonoidea, Crétacé)". C. R. Acad. Bulg. Sci. (in French). 6 (30): 891–4.
• Breskovski, S. V. (1977). "Genres nouveaux du Crétacé inférieur de la famille Desmoceratidae Zittel, 1895 (Ammonoidea)". C. R. Acad. Bulg. Sci. (in French). 30 (10): 1463–65.
• Breskovski, S. (1975). "Les zones et sous-zones ammonitiques dans l'étage Barrémien en Bulgarie du Nord-Est". Geologica Balcanica (in French) (5): 46–66.
• Breskovski, St. (1967). "Eleniceras - genre nouveau d'ammonites hautériviens". Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Bulletin of the Geological Institute, Series Paleontology (in French). 16: 47–52..
• Nikolov, T.; Breskovski, St. (1969). "Abrytusites – nouveau genre d'ammonites barrémiennes". Bull. Geol. Inst., Ser. Paleontology. 18: 91–96.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Бресковски, Стойчо (1966). "Биостратиграфия на барема южно от Брестак, Варненско". Трудове по Геологията на България, серия Палеонтология (in Bulgarian). 8: 71–121.