Sergey Ivanovich Ognev (russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Огнёв) (17 November 1886 in
Moscow – 20 December 1951 in Moscow) was a
scientist,
zoologist and naturalist, remembered for his work on
mammalogy In zoology, mammalogy is the study of mammals – a class of vertebrates with characteristics such as homeothermic metabolism, fur, four-chambered hearts, and complex nervous system
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. He graduated from
Moscow University
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...
in 1910, the same year in which he published his first monograph. In 1928, he became a
professor at the
Moscow State Pedagogical University. He published a variety of textbooks in zoology and ecology. His
magnum opus, ''Mammals of Russia and adjacent territories'', was never completed.
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1886 births
1951 deaths
Zoologists from the Russian Empire
Soviet zoologists
Scientists from Moscow
Moscow State University faculty
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