| 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 |