Aleksei Korotnev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aleksei Korotnev

Russian zoologist

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1854

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 14-Jun-1915

Profession: zoologist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Aleksei Alekseevich Korotnev (February 15, 1854, Moscow- June 14, 1915, Odessa) was a Russian zoologist Korotnev graduated from Moscow University in 1876 and gained his doctorate there in 1881.
In 1887 he became a professor at the University of Kiev.
In 1885 and in 1890-91, he made extensive zoological collections in the Indian Ocean and Pacific ocean regions.
In 1886, he began studies at Observatoire Oceanologique de Villefranche (Villafranca, France).
Korotnev also studied the fauna of Lake Baikal between 1900 and 1902.
His principal work was on the embryonic development of cnidarians, bryozoans, tunicates and insects. He was a corresponding member of the St.
Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1903).