Andrey Kursanov
Andrey Lvovich Kursanov (Russian: Андрей Львович Курсанов; 8 November 1902, Moscow – 20 September 1999, Moscow) was a Soviet specialist on the physiology and biochemistry of plants. He was an academician of the Soviet and Russian Academies of Sciences since 1953. He was a member of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1957-1963.[1]
Kursanov graduated from Moscow State University in 1926. He was awarded the degree of doctor of sciences in biology in 1940 and became a professor at his alma mater in 1944.[1]
Professor Kursanov was awarded a number of honorary doctorates and was an honorary member of a number of foreign scientific societies and academies. He was elected a foreign fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1962 and member of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1965.[1]
Awards and honours
- Hero of Socialist Labour (1969)[1]
- Order of Lenin, four times (1953, 1969, 1972, 1975)[1]
- Order of the October Revolution (1982)[1]
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice (1945, 1962)[1]
- Lomonosov Gold Medal of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1983)[1]
and other awards
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Kursanov Andrey Lvovich". Akademiki MGU. Moscow State University. Retrieved 8 January 2012. (in Russian)