Maria Mikhailovna Kononova ( August 18, 1898 , Orenburg - February 20, 1979 , Moscow ) - Soviet scientist, specialist in the study of soil organic matter. Doctor of Biological Sciences, laureate of the USSR State Prize (1968).
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| Date of Birth | August 18, 1898 | ||
| Place of Birth | Orenburg | ||
| Date of death | February 20, 1979 (aged 80) | ||
| A place of death | Moscow | ||
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| Scientific field | Soil science | ||
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| Academic degree | Doctor of Biological Sciences | ||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Works
- 3 Awards
- 4 Sources
Biography
In 1917 she graduated from a female gymnasium. In 1917-1918 she studied at the Voronezh Agricultural Institute , in 1921-1925 she worked at the biological department of the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Central Asian University, in 1925-1928 - at the graduate school at the Department of Plant Physiology and Microbiology.
From 1926 to 1932, a microbiologist at the Ak-Kavak experimental station.
Since 1932, she worked at the Soil Institute. V.V. Dokuchaev. In 1945-1976, the head of the laboratory of soil biochemistry.
In 1935, the scientific degree of a candidate of agricultural sciences was awarded without defending a dissertation. In 1943 she defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic "Organic matter in the soils of the dry steppes of the Volga region and its transformation processes under conditions of irrigated agriculture . " Since 1946 - professor of biochemistry.
Compositions
- Author of monographs
- "The problem of soil humus and the modern tasks of its study" (1951), for it in 1952 was awarded the prize to them. V.V. Dokuchaev.
- “Organic matter of the soil. Its nature, properties and methods of study ” (1963).
For these books in 1968 the USSR State Prize was awarded. Monographs were published in England (1961, 1966), East Germany (1958), Poland (1955, 1968), Japan (1963, 1976), and China (1956). In 1975 she published the book "Humus of natural and developed soils."
Rewards
She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1953), medals.
Sources
- Soil scientists
- Maria Mikhailovna Kononova: (On the occasion of the 70th birthday and the 43rd anniversary of scientific and social activities. Soil Science, 1968, No. 8.
- D.S. Orlov. Soil chemistry.