Sergey Vavilov

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

Soviet physicist

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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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Instance of: human
Given name: Sergey
Family name: Vavilov
Gender: male
Citizenship: Soviet Union
Place of birth: Moscow
Place of death: Moscow
Sibling: Nikolai Vavilov
Occupation: public figure
Educated at: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Languages spoken: Russian
Native language: Russian
Doctoral student: Valentin Fabrikant
Field of work: optics
Military rank: praporshchik
Image: Вавилов Сергей Иванович.jpg

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student: Sergey Vernov
place of burial: Novodevichy Cemetery
Commons category: Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov
date of birth: 1891-03-24
date of death: 1951-01-25
cause of death: myocardial infarction
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: Сергей Иванович Вавилов
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Physics
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
member of: National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

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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.

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