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Ioannes Efremov
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Ioannes Antonii filius[1] Efremov (Russice Иван Антонович Ефремов, tr. Ivan Antonovič Efremov; natus 22 Aprilis 1908[2] in vico Vyrica tunc gubernii Petropolitani et nunc regionis Leninopolitanae, mortuus 5 Octobris 1972 Moscuae) erat palaeontologus, conditor taphonomiae (quae transformatione reliqiarum in fossilia studet), atque scriptor et philosophus Russicus Sovieticus.
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Obitus: 5 Octobris 1972; Moscua
Patria: Unio Sovietica, Imperium Russicum
Memoria
Efremov anno 1952 ornatus est Praemio Staliniano pro libro suo scientifico Taphonomia et annales geologicae («Тафономия и геологическая летопись»). Notus est ut auctor narrationum atque mythistoriarum, quarum clarae sunt, e.g., Nebula Andromeda («Туманность Андромеды», vitam societatis communisticae depingens) et Hora Bovis («Час Быка»), de rebus futuris , atque Thais Atheniensis («Таис Афинская»), de rebus antiquis.
Asteroides 2269 Efremiana in eius honorem vocatur.