Ivan Yefremov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ivan Yefremov

Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1908

Place of Birth: Vyritsa, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 05-Oct-1972

Profession: writer, paleontologist, philosopher, prosaist, science fiction writer

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ivan Antonovich (real patronymic Antipovich) Yefremov (Russian: ???´? ????´????? (????´?????) ????´???; April 22, 1908 – October 5, 1972), last name sometimes spelled Efremov, was a Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker.
He is the originator of the concept of taphonomy, the study of fossilization patterns.