Albert Romanovich Ferkhmin (1858-1905) - Russian geologist and soil scientist. One of the creators of the first soil map of European Russia. The participant of expeditions and Dokuchayevsky school of soil science .
| Albert Romanovich Ferkhmin | |
|---|---|
 photo 1892/1893 | |
| Date of Birth | January 7, 1858 |
| Place of Birth | Vilnius |
| Date of death | May 17, 1905 (47 years) |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |
| A country |  Russian empire |
| Scientific field | Soil science , Geography |
| Place of work | Ministry of Agriculture |
| Alma mater | St. Petersburg University |
| supervisor | V.V. Dokuchaev |
| Known as | soil scientist, cartographer |
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Biography
Born in 1858.
After graduating from the Vilnius Gymnasium, he entered the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at St. Petersburg University , which he graduated from in 1882.
At the end of the course he took part in soil-geological research of Nizhny Novgorod and then Poltava provinces under the guidance of prof. V.V. Dokuchaev.
In 1886 he worked as a teacher of chemistry and natural history [1] .
More than 20 years he worked in the Department of Agriculture, the Ministry of State Property of the Russian Empire .
He participated in the compilation of a new soil map of the European part of Russia [2] .
Albert Romanovich Ferkhmin died on May 4 ( 17 ), 1905 in St. Petersburg , and was buried at the Smolensk Lutheran cemetery [3] .
Membership in organizations
- Imperial Free Economic Society
- St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists
Bibliography
- Materials for the assessment of land Nizhny Novgorod province. - Knyagininsky County. 1884.
- Materials for the assessment of land Nizhny Novgorod province. - Nizhny Novgorod district. 1885
- Materials for the assessment of land Nizhny Novgorod province. - Makaryevsky district. 1886.
- Materials for the assessment of land Poltava province. - Kobelyaksky district. 1891.
- The latest research of Russian soils with bonding purposes . SPb .: V. Demakov, 1888. 35 p.
- The soil map of European Russia, compiled by the initiative and plan of prof. V.V. Dokuchaev, P.M. Sibirtsev, G.I. Tanfiliev, and A.R. Ferkhmin under the supervision of the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and State Property. Scale: 60 miles in 1 Eng. in. (1: 2 520 000). SPb .: ed. Dep. agriculture, 1901. 1 col. l
See also
- Dokuchaevskaya school of soil science
Literature
Notes
- Russian State Historical Archive of the RGIA Code: F. 733 Op. 165 D. 327. Ferkhmin Albert Romanovich, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, filed a petition to the Minister of Public Education about the admission to the service of a teacher of chemistry and natural history in one of the secondary schools of St. Petersburg in 1886.
- ↑ Soil map of European Russia, compiled by the initiative and plan of prof. V.V. Dokuchaeva P.M. Sibirtsev, G.I. Tanfiliev and A.R. Ferkhmin under the supervision of the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and State Property. Scale 1: 2,520,000. SPb .: ed. Dep. agriculture, 1901. 1 col. l
- ↑ Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
Links
- ESBE / Ferkhmin, Albert Romanovich
- Ferkhmin A.R. Brief biographical encyclopedia, 2012.