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Sergey Vavilov

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Sergey Vavilov

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Also known as Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov, Vavilov, S.I., Vavilov, Sergei Ivanovich, Vavilov Sergei Ivanovich, Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov

Soviet physicist

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Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov was a male person associated with Estonia. He was born on March 12, 1891, or March 24, 1891, and died on January 25, 1951.

His recorded works number five. The subject is referenced by 74 other encyclopedia articles.

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Estonia
Active from
1969-07-15

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Key facts

Born
Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov , ( 1891-03-24 ) 24 March 1891, Moscow , Russian Empire
Died
25 January 1951 (1951-01-25) (aged 59), Moscow, Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Alma mater
Moscow State University
Known for
Vavilov-Cherenkov effect
Fields
Physics , optics
Doctoral advisor
Pyotr Lebedev
Doctoral students
Pavel Cherenkov , Ilya Frank , Vladimir Veksler

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Encyclopedic overview

Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Вави́лов [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ vɐˈvʲiləf]; 24 March [O.S. 12 March] 1891 – January 25, 1951) was a Soviet physicist, the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union from July 1945 until his death. His elder brother Nikolai Vavilov was a famous Russian geneticist.

Biography

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