Markovsky, Boris Pavlovich

Boris Pavlovich Markovsky (1895–1966) - Soviet paleontologist, a specialist in the Devonian stratigraphy and brachiopods. Winner of the Lenin Prize .

Boris Pavlovich Markovsky
Date of Birth
Date of death
Scientific field	paleontology
Awards and prizes

Born in Zadonsk, Voronezh Province on May 19 (31), 1895.

Member of the Civil War, the detachment commander.

He graduated from the Faculty of Geography of Leningrad State University with a degree in geomorphology (1930).

Since 1938 Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences.

He worked in Geolkom - TsNIGRI - VSEGEI (1927–1966): collector, researcher, senior researcher.

Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences. Professor of the Paleontology Department of the Leningrad Mining Institute, delivered the course “Methods of biofacial analysis”.

Lenin Prize in 1967 - for scientific work in 15 volumes of "Fundamentals of Paleontology" (1954-1964).

Works: Markovsky, Boris Pavlovich. Methods of biofacial analysis / B. P. Markovsky. -M.: Nedra, 1966.-272s.: Il., 21 cm.

He died on June 4, 1966.