Alexander Vinogradov (geochemist)
Alexander Vinogradov | |
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Vinogradov on a 2025 postcard of Russia | |
| Born | 6 February 1861 Petretsovo, Romanovo-Borisoglebsky county, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 16 November 1975 (died at the age of 80) |
| Alma mater | Military Medical Academy, Leningrad University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geochemistry |
| Institutions | Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union |
| Notable students | D. A. Mineev, V. S. Urusov, Л. N. Kogarko, I. D. Ryabchikov, А. A. Yaroshevsky, I. G. Mineeva |
Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Па́влович Виногра́дов; 21 August 1895 – 16 November 1975) was a Soviet geochemist, academician (1953), and Hero of Socialist Labour (1949, 1975).
In 1928, he took up a position as assistant professor in the laboratory for biogeochemical problems of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.
He was the director of Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1947–1975).
Mons Vinogradov, a mountain on the near side of the Moon, is named after him. So is a large crater on Mars.