Pavel Patev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pavel Patev

Bulgarian zoologist

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1889

Place of Birth: Plovdiv, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria

Date of Death: 22-Mar-1950

Profession: zoologist, ornithologist, phytopathologist, protozoologist

Nationality: Bulgaria

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Pavel Atanasov Patev (1889-22 March 1950) was a Bulgarian zoologist known for his work in ornithology and as the director of the Sofia Zoo.
He wrote a major monograph on the Birds of Bulgaria (1950).
Patev was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Patev served as director of the Sofia Zoo from 1934 till the end of his life.
The fossil crossbill Loxia patevi was named after him by Zlatozar Boev.