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Alexander Bogomolets

Soviet-Ukrainian pathophysiologist (1881–1946)

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Bogomolets (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Богомолець; Russian: Александр Александрович Богомолец, romanized: Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bogomolets; 24 May 1881 – 19 July 1946) was a Soviet and Ukrainian pathophysiologist.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Alexander Bogomolets (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born May 24, 1881, died Jul 19, 1946.¹

About

His father was the physician and revolutionary Oleksandr Mykhailovych Bogomolets (1850–1935).

He was president of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and director of the Institute of clinical Physiology in Kyiv. In 1911-1925 he work in Saratov University, 1925–1931 in Moscow University.[1] His laboratories were located in Georgia, where he had a permanent research unit attached to the Academy of Sciences (1937). According to Zhores Medvedev, this was made possible by Stalin, who wanted members of the Experimental Institute to study the extension of life expectancy. He developed antireticular cytotoxic serum. In 1938, in Kyiv, Oleksandr Bogomolets convened the world's first scientific conference on aging and longevity.

From Wikipedia’s article on Alexander Bogomolets, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

National Academy of Sciences of UkraineChair¹³
National Academy of Sciences of UkrainePresident¹³
Russian Academy of SciencesVice president May 6, 1942 to May 23, 1945¹⁴

Early life and education

Date not recordedOdesa University³

Career

Occupation: non-fiction writer, immunologist, physician, university teacher, politician, pathologist.⁷

1942 to 1945Vice president, Russian Academy of Sciences⁴
Date not recordedPresident, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Odesa University⁴
Date not recordedDeputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union⁵
Date not recordedChair, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine⁶

Personal life

BornMay 24, 1881, Kyiv⁸
DiedJul 19, 1946, Kyiv⁹
CitizenshipUkrainian State, Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union¹⁰
SpouseOlga Bogomolets¹¹

Awards

Date not recordedHero of Socialist Labour¹²
Date not recordedHonored Scientist of Ukraine¹²
Date not recordedMedal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹²
Date not recordedOrder of Lenin¹²
Date not recordedOrder of the Patriotic War, 1st class¹²
Date not recordedOrder of the Red Banner of Labour¹²
Date not recordedStalin Prize¹²
Date not recordedState Stalin Prize, 1st degree¹²

Sources

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WikidataAlexander Bogomolets: President, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, on Wikidata
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WikidataAlexander Bogomolets: Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, on Wikidata
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WikidataAlexander Bogomolets: Chair, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, on Wikidata
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WikidataAlexander Bogomolets: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataAlexander Bogomolets: spouse, on Wikidata
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WikidataNational Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Chair
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WikidataRussian Academy of Sciences, Vice president
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Wikimedia CommonsAlexander Bogomolets photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain