Alexander Karpinsky
Deceased Q729563

Alexander Karpinsky

Russian geologist and president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1847-1936)

Born: December 26, 1846 (1846) · Krasnoturyinsk
Died: July 15, 1936 (1936) · Udelnaya
Age at death: 89 years
Nationality Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russian Republic
Occupation professor, botanist, geologist, paleontologist, mining engineer
Field of work geology, mineralogy, paleontology, petrography, stratigraphy
Education Mining Engineers Corps
Employer Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925), Geological Committee
Position held president of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Gender male

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