Mikhail Fedorovich Nesturkh ( February 23, 1895 Pskov Russian Empire - 1979 Moscow USSR ) - Soviet primatologist and anthropologist , doctor of biological sciences ( 1962 ), professor ( 1967 ).
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| Scientific field | primatology , anthropology |
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| Alma mater | Novorossiysk University |
| Academic degree | Doctor of Biological Sciences |
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Biography
He was born in the family of the Pskov city architect Fedor Pavlovich Nesturkh and Maria Emilevna Termen [1] . After the family moved to Odessa in 1900, he went to the gymnasium. After graduating from high school, he entered the natural department of the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Novorossiysk University in Odessa, where he graduated in 1916 . He was drafted into the army. He graduated from artillery courses. He finished the First World War as lieutenant of artillery. After the war, he worked as a lecturer in political education of the Odessa Provincial Military Commissariat . In the early 1920s he moved to Moscow. He graduated from graduate school at the Institute of Anthropology, Moscow State University. [2]
Scientific activity
In the 1920s, he was a research fellow at the State Timiryazevsky Research Institute, a graduate student at the Research Institute of Anthropology of Moscow State University. Since 1928 , he worked at the Research Institute of Anthropology and at the Department of Anthropology of Moscow State University .
One of the founders of the Museum of Anthropology, Moscow State University (1931). Researcher, Head of the Laboratory of Anthropogenesis and Primatology, Research Institute of Moscow State University.
The main works are devoted to ecology, systematics and paleontology of primates, problems of human origin and race studies. [3] .
The author of the essay "Man (Anthropological Essay)" in the 61st volume of the first edition of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1934) [4] .
The main work, “The Origin of Man,” published in 1958 [5] and reprinted with additions in 1970, summarized the latest data on various aspects of primatology and anthropogenesis , accumulated not only by domestic but also by foreign science. .
In 1963, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Biological Sciences. Executive Secretary, Deputy Executive Editor of the journal "Soviet Anthropology", the collection "Issues of Anthropology."
Major works
- A man and his ancestors, M., 1934;
- The human race, 3rd ed., M., 1965;
- The origin of man, 2nd ed., M., 1970;
- Primatology and anthropogenesis, M., 1960.
Rewards
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- medals.
Children
Daughters:
- Natalia Mikhailovna Nesturkh-Kavina (1925-1998) - architect , candidate of art history .
- Elena Mikhailovna Krol (born 1947) is a candidate of biological sciences .
Notes
- ↑ Sister of father (aunt) Lev Sergeyevich Theremin .
- ↑ http://www.odessitclub.org/publications/../item4.pdf (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Nesturkh Mikhail Fedorovich // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- ↑ Nesturkh M.F. Man (Anthropological essay) // Great Soviet Encyclopedia / Ed. O. Yu. Schmidt . - T. 61. H - Mine. - M.: OGIZ, 1934. - Art. 123-156.
- ↑ Nesturkh M.F. The origin of man / Otv. ed. prof. I. Ya. Roginsky. - M.: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1958. - 388 p.: Ill.
Literature
- Big Encyclopedic Dictionary. Publishing house of the Big Russian Encyclopedia, 1997, St. Petersburg "Norint" p. 801
- Radzievskaya S.B. Rau and Gau. The most ancient people and the conquest of fire: story: / Sophia Radzievskaya; scientific consultant Mikhail Fedorovich Nesturkh; thin Mikhail Anatolyevich Ivanov. - Moscow: Clouds, 2017. - 149, [3] p.: Ill. - 1,500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-906807-30-4: (per.)