Konstantin Skryabin

Russian and Soviet zoologist
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Konstantin Skryabin
Born25 November [O.S. 7 November] 1879
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died17 September 1972(1972-09-17) (aged 93)
Moscow, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian Empire
USSR
Alma materDorpat (Tartu) Veterinary Institute
AwardsHero of Socialist Labor
Scientific career
FieldsBiology, Helminthology

Konstantin Ivanovich Skryabin (Russian: Константин Иванович Скрябин; 25 November [O.S. 7 November] 1879 – 17 September 1972) was a Soviet scientist in the field of Helminthology, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1939),[1] academician of USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labor (1958), winner of Stalin Prize and Lenin Prize. He was a founder of the helminthology school, and an author of landmark books on helminths in Soviet Union.

Life

Konstantin Ivanovich Skryabin was born on 25 November [O.S. 7 November] 1879 in Saint Petersburg. In 1905 he graduated from Dorpat (Tartu) Veterinary Institute. From 1905 to 1911 Skryabin worked as a veterinary physician in Aulie-Ata and Shymkent. In 1912 to 1914 he was sent on assignment mission to Germany, Switzerland, and France. From 1915 to 1917, Skryabin worked as a researcher in the Central Veterinary Laboratory of Saint Petersburg. In 1917 he became a professor of the Parasitology Department of Don Veterinary Institute in Novocherkassk. He was a Head of the Department of the Moscow Veterinary Institute (1920-1925) and (1933-1941), and at the same time Head of Helminthology Division of the Central Tropical Institute (1921-1941).

Eponymous taxa

About 40 genera were named after Skryabin:

  • Skrjabinella
  • Skrjabinodentus
  • Skrjabinocercella
  • Skrjabinoeces
  • Skrjabinostrongylus
  • Skrjabinobilharzia
  • Skrjabinobronema
  • Skrjabinocapillaria
  • Skrjabinocara
  • Skrjabinocerca
  • Skrjabinocercella
  • Skrjabinocerina
  • Skrjabinochona
  • Skrjabinochora
  • Skrjabinocladorchis
  • Skrjabinoclava
  • Skrjabinocoelum
  • Skrjabinocta
  • Skrjabinodendrium
  • Skrjabinodera
  • Skrjabinodon
  • Skrjabinoeces
  • Skrjabinofilaria
  • Skrjabinolecithum
  • Skrjabinomermis
  • Skrjabinomerus
  • Skrjabinonchus
  • Skrjabinoparaksis
  • Skrjabinophora
  • Skrjabinophyetus
  • Skrjabinoplagiorchis
  • Skrjabinoporus
  • Skrjabinopsolus
  • Skrjabinoptera
  • Skrjabinorhynchus
  • Skrjabinosomum
  • Skrjabinotaenia
  • Skrjabinotaurus
  • Skrjabinotrema
  • Skrjabinovermis
  • Skrjabinozoum

References

  1. ^ Russian Academy of Sciences (in Russian)
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