Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky

Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky

Andrey Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky ( _ru. Андре́й Петро́вич Семёнов-Тянь-Ша́нский) (1866–1942) was a Russian entomologist specializing in beetles. He was the son of Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky.

He entered the St. Petersburg University in 1885. In 1888 and 1889 he traveled to the Trans-Caspian and Turkestan regions in search of insects, then in 1890 became a curator at the Imperial Academy of Sciences.

External links

* [http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/eng/semenov.htm Bio with photos]


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