Background
KURSANOV, Andrey was born on November 8, 1902 in Moscow. Son of Lev. I. Kursanov and Ljubov V. Kursanova.
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Andrey Lvovich Kursanov
biochemist university professor
Andrey KURSANOV, plant physiologist. Order of Lenin (four times). Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy, of Sciences 1953, Academy, of Agriculture 1985, Leopoldina German Academy, of Natural Science 1958, Academy, of Agriculture of France 1964; Polish Academy, of Sciences; German Botanical Society 1961, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences 1962.
Education
Moscow University Central Institute of Sugar Industry 1929-1934.
Career
He was an academician of the Soviet and Russian Academies of Sciences since 1953. He was awarded the degree of doctor of sciences in biology in 1940 and became a professor at his alma mater in 1944.
Achievements
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Hero of Socialist Labour (1969)
Order of Lenin, four times (1953, 1969, 1972, 1975)
Order of the October Revolution (1982)
Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice (1945, 1962)
Lomonosov Gold Medal of the Academy of Sciences of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1983)
and other awards.
Membership
Russian Academy of Sciences. Academy of Sciences of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. American Academy of Arts and Sciences]
He was a member of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in 1957-1963.
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.
Interests
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Fishing, boating.
Connections
- Father:
- Lev. I. Kursanov
- Mother:
- Ljubov V. Kursanova
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Born
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Died
September 20, 1999 (aged 96) -
Nationality
Russian Empire Soviet Unio
Education
Official Titles
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Doktor Nauk in Biology
Awards
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Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Lomonosov Gold Medal Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Lomonosov Gold Medal; Arts and Sciences; Order of the October Revolution The Lomonosov Gold Medal, named after Russian scientist and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, is awarded each year since 1959 for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and the humanities by the USSR Academy of Sciences and later the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Lomonosov Gold Medal
Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Lomonosov Gold Medal; Arts and Sciences; Order of the October Revolution The Lomonosov Gold Medal, named after Russian scientist and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, is awarded each year since 1959 for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and the humanities by the USSR Academy of Sciences and later the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).