Qodir Zokirovich Zokirov (July 25, 1906 – August 9, 1992) was a Soviet and Uzbek scientist,

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

, educator and a member of

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Biography

Zokirov was born on July 25, 1906, in Jalolobod,

Ferghana Fergana ( uz-Latn-Cyrl, Fargʻona, Фарғона, ), () or Ferghana, also Farghana is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 320 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km southwest of ...

to the handicraftsman's family. In 1920 he entered a Soviet youth organization, and joined a

Likbez Likbez (, ; a portmanteau of , , meaning "elimination of illiteracy") was a campaign of eradication of illiteracy in Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s. The term was also used for various schools and courses established dur ...

campaign. In 1932 Zokirov graduated from the Pedagogy Academy. In 1937-1941 he worked at the Central Asian University, where in 1937 he was appointed as an assistant professor and acting head of the department of botany of

Samarkand State University Samarkand State University (SamSU) (; ) is a public university in Samarkand, Uzbekistan established by a government decree of the Government of Uzbekistan on 22 January 1927 in the city of Samarkand. The university is commonly known as Samarkand ...

. From 1943 to 1952 he was the head of botany department of the Tashkent State University of Pedagogy. In 1952 he was appointed as Director of the Institute of Botany. He also served as a member of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1959–1963). Zokirov died on August 9, 1992, in

Tashkent Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...

, aged 86.

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Biography of Qodir Zokirovich Zokirov
1906 births 1992 deaths People from Andijan People from Fergana Oblast Academic staff of Samarkand State University Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Botanists with author abbreviations Soviet botanists Soviet scientists Uzbekistani scientists {{Scientist-stub