Konstantin Gedroits, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Konstantin Gedroits

Russian geologist

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1872

Place of Birth: Bender, Moldova

Date of Death: 05-Oct-1932

Profession: geologist, chemist

Nationality: Moldova

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Konstantin Kaetanovich Gedroits (1872–1932) was a Russian scientist and painter born in Grigoriopol.[1] Specializing in geology, he authored Genetic soil classification based on the absorptive soil complex and absorbed soil cations (out of print). A biography of Gedroits was published in Moscow in 1995.[2] In 2002, the Central Bank of Transnistria minted a silver coin honoring this native of today's Transnistria, as part of a series of memorable coins called The Outstanding People of Pridnestrovie.