Authorised form of name | Kowalewski; Alexander Onufrievitch (1840 - 1901) |
Other forms of name | Aleksandr Onufrievich |
Other forms of surname | Kovalevsky |
Dates | 1840 - 1901 |
Nationality | Russian |
Place of birth | Daugavpils district, Vitebsk region, Latvia |
Date of birth | 19 or 20 November 1840 |
Place of death | St Petersburg, Russia |
Date of death | 22/11/1901 |
Research field | Embryology |
Activity | Education: Engineering School of Roads and Highways, St Petersburg; Faculty of Natural Science, University of St Petersburg; Career: Left Russia due to the University disturbances of 1861; studied chemistry under Bunsen (For Mem RS 1858), Heidelberg; studied zoology under Leydig (For Mem RS 1901), Tubingen; went to Naples (by 1864); returned to Russia (1865); Ordinary Professor, Kasan (1868); Ordinary Professor, Kiev (1869); Professor, Odessa (1874-1890); Professor Histology, University of St Petersburg; Director, Biological Station, Sebastopol; died of apoplexy
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Membership category | Foreign Member |
Date of election | 10/12/1885 |
Relationships | Son of a Polish father and Russian mother |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Authority: Altname from DSB Notes: DSB gives date of birth as 19 November 1840. |
Code | NA6771 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1885/20 | Kowalewski, Alexander Onufrievitch: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
NLB/15/840 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor Alexander Onufrievitch Kowalevsky [Kowalewski], Foreign Member Royal Society | 20 December 1897 |
MC/14/127 | Letter from [Alexander Onufrievich] Kowalevsky, Algérie [Algeria], Bône [Annaba], to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 6 May 1886 |