Maria Pavlova

Maria V. Pavlova
Native name Мария Васильевна Павлова
Born (1854-06-26)June 26, 1854
Kozelets
Died December 23, 1938(1938-12-23) (aged 84)
Fields Paleontology
Alma mater University of Paris

Maria Vasilievna Pavlova,[lower-alpha 1] née Gortynskaia (Russian: Мария Васильевна Павлова, née Гортынская; June 26, 1854 – December 23, 1938), was a Russian and Soviet paleontologist, known for her research of fossil hoofed-mammals and efforts to establish the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Moscow. She was an honorary member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. She was married to geologist and paleontologist Alexei P. Pavlov.[1][2][3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Variant spellings include Marie and Mariia for her given name and Pavlov or Pavlow for her surname by marriage.

References

  1. ↑ Creese, Mary R. S. (2007). "Fossil hunters, a cave explorer and a rock analyst: notes on some early women contributors to geology". In Burek, Cynthia V.; Higgs, Bettie. The Role of Women in the History of Geology. Geological Society of London. pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-1-86239-227-4.
  2. ↑ Creese, Mary R. S. (2015). Ladies in the Laboratory IV: Imperial Russia's Women in Science, 1800-1900. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 99–101. ISBN 978-1-4422-4742-0.
  3. ↑ Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie; Joy Dorothy Harvey (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. pp. 992–993. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.


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