Vladimir Sokolov (scientist)
Vladimir Sokolov | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vladimir Yevgenyevich Sokolov 1 February 1928 |
| Died | 19 April 1998 (aged 70) |
| Education | Doctor of Sciences (1964) Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Professor |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University (1950) |
| Relatives | Evgeny Lebedev (grandson) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | Moscow State University |
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Sokolov (Russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Соколов; 1 February 1928 – 19 April 1998) was a Russian scientist in the field of zoology and ecology. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, Russian Academy of Sciences and the Brundtland Commission. He was one of the pioneers of the Russian environmentalism movement and one of the early global sustainability advocates.
Sokolov was professor and head of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Faculty of Biology at Moscow State University; director of the Institute of Evolutionary Animal Morphology and Ecology at the Russian Academy of Sciences; and deputy chairman of Chemical, Technological and Biological Sciences at the USSR Academy of Sciences.
He is the grandfather of Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the London Evening Standard and The Independent (with and after his father, Alexander Lebedev, an ex-KGB officer).