Aleksandra Pavlovna Gamajunova (Russian: Александра Павловна Гамаюнова) (1904 – 1971) was a Soviet botanist.[1]
Aleksandra Pavlovna Gamajunova | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1904 |
| Died | 1971 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Alma mater | Southern Federal University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Gamajun. |
Early life and education
editGamajunova was the daughter of a gunsmith working in Izhevsk[2] who returned to the Yekaterinodar region as an invalid in 1916 and, no longer able to work in his speciality, set up a typhus hospital. The conditions were very poor and he died of typhus in 1920, Gamajunova and her two sisters also contracting the disease. She studied in Rostov-on-Don and defended her PhD thesis in 1939.[2]
Career
editIn 1939 Gamajunova enrolled as a senior researcher at the Kazakhstan branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. She became director in 1945, succeeding Nikolai Vasilievich Pavlov, and held this position until retiring due to illness in 1954. The remainder of her life was dedicated to cataloguing and describing the flora of Kazakhstan.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Gamajunova, Aleksandra Pavlovna (1904-1971)". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Nelina, N.V.; Abdulina, S.A. (6–7 June 2013). Fragmenty Istorii Laboratorii Flory Vysših Фрагменты Истории Лаборатории Флоры Высших [Fragments of the History of the Laboratory of Higher Flora] (PDF). Изучение Ботанического Разнообразия Казахстана на Современном Этапе. Almaty. pp. 35–40. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Gamajun.