Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov

Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov

Soviet geochemist (1895–1975)

Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Па́влович Виногра́дов; 21 August 1895 – 16 November 1975) was a Soviet geochemist, academician (1953), and Hero of Socialist Labour (1949, 1975).2

From Wikipedia’s article on Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Aug 21, 1895, died Nov 16, 1975.1

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In 1928, he took up a position as assistant professor in the laboratory for biogeochemical problems of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.

He was the director of Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1947–1975).

Mons Vinogradov, a mountain on the near side of the Moon, is named after him. So is a large crater on Mars.

From Wikipedia’s article on Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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