Alexander Alexandrovich Elenkin (1873–1942, russian: Еленкин, Александр Александрович) was a Russian
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[University of Warsaw
The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...]
, graduating in 1893. He became an assistant there in 1898. The next year he became conservator and director of the
Cryptogamic Department at the
Imperial Botanic Garden of
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. In 1931 the Botanic Garden was merged into the Botanical Institute and he became a professor there. He is known as the "father of Russian lichenology" and wrote many works on the subject. He died in Russia, either in Kazan or Saint Petersburg.
[F.A. Stafleu and R.S. Cowan, 1976-1998, Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition]
References
Russian lichenologists
Scientists from Warsaw
1873 births
1942 deaths
University of Warsaw alumni
Soviet botanists
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