Background
Darevsky, Ilya S. was born on December 18, 1924 in Kiev, Ukraine. Son of Sergeus N. and Sofia I. (Russakovskaya) Darevsky.
herpetologist researcher Zoologist
Darevsky, Ilya S. was born on December 18, 1924 in Kiev, Ukraine. Son of Sergeus N. and Sofia I. (Russakovskaya) Darevsky.
Graduate, Moscow State University, 1952. Doctor of Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, 1966.
Science researcher, professor, Zoological Institute Academy Sciences, 1958-1961; head laboratory, Zoological Institute Academy Sciences, Leningrad, 1962-1996; leading scientist, Zoological Institute Academy Sciences, St. Petersburg, since 1997.
Member Russian Academy of Sciences (correspondent), Russian Nikolsky Herpetol. Society (president since 1967), American Society Ichtyologists and Herpetologists (honorary), Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (honorary), European Herpetol. Society (honorary), New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Irine G. Bey-Bienko, June 18, 1958 (deceased 1979). 1 child, Alexandr; married Vernata V. Grechko, February 6, 1985.