Feodosy Chernyshyov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Feodosy Chernyshyov

Russian geologist and paleontologist

Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1856

Place of Birth: Kiev, Ukraine

Date of Death: 15-Jan-1914

Profession: geologist, paleontologist, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Feodosy Nikolayevich Chernyshov (Russian: ?????´??? ??????´???? ????????; 24 September [O.S.
12 September] 1856 – 15 January [O.S.
2 January] 1914) was a geologist and a paleontologist.
Chernyshov was an Honorary Member of Russian and Foreign Learned Societies.
Graduate of the St.
Petersburg Mining Institute in 1880, his field surveys led him to the study of stratigraphy of paleozoic deposits in the Ural Mountains.
In 1892, he directed the mapping of the Donbas area and geologic maps of the southern Urals and Timan Ridge.
He later, in 1900, became the director of the Geologic Museum.