Lev Berg
Lev Berg · Science & Medicine
Biologist and geographer known for ichthyology and theories of evolution
1876, Bendery, Bessarabia, Russian Empire (now Bender, Moldova) — 1950, Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Moldova · Russia
Lev Berg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biologist and geographer known for ichthyology and theories of evolution
Lev Berg was a biologist and geographer who became one of Russia's foremost ichthyologists, laid foundations for limnology, and advanced a theory of evolution he called nomogenesis. He long presided over the Soviet Geographical Society. He was born into a Jewish family in Bessarabia; like some relatives he was baptised into Christianity in order to study at Moscow University.
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Biologist and geographer known for ichthyology and theories of evolution
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
