Feofan Davitaia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Feofan Davitaia

Georgian geographer

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1911

Place of Birth: Eki, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

Date of Death: 29-Jul-1979

Profession: geographer, climatologist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Feofan Farneevich Davitaia (Georgian: ??????? ?????? ?? ????????; born 2 (15) September 1911, village Eki, now Senaki Municipality, Georgia — died 29 July 1979, Tbilisi, Georgia) was a Georgian geographer, climatologist and agrometeorologist.
doctor of agricultural sciences (1951), academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (1960), Honored Scientist of the Georgian SSR (1966).
Became a member of the CPSU in 1939.
Davitaia was professor of the universities of Leningrad (1950–1951) and Moscow (1955–1961).
In Moscow, for several years he also delivered lectures at the Courses for the improvement of professional skill at the Central Board of Hydrometeorological Service, USSR Council of Ministers.From 1963 Davitaia continued educational work at Tbilisi State University, directing a large number of postgraduates who successfully developed his ideas in their research.For 15 years Davitaia was a member of the Scientific and Technological Council of the USSR Ministry of Agriculture; he took an active part in the work of the State Commission for the strain testing of agricultural crops on the territory of our vast country.
He participated in the preparation of the many-volume fundamental edition "Ampelography of the USSR".