The forgotten Ukrainian botanist, Olga Gustavivna Radde-Fomina (on the 140th anniversary of her birth)

Shevera M.V.

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Ukr. Bot. J. 2016, 73(4): 409–414

History of Science

The forgotten Ukrainian botanist, Olga Gustavivna Radde-Fomina (on the 140^th anniversary of her birth)

Shevera M.V.

M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
2, Tereshchenkivska Str., Kyiv, 01004, Ukraine

Abstract

The life and scientific career of the Ukrainian botanist O.G. Radde-Fomina (1876–1963), her scientific heritage in systematics, floristics, and history of science are analysed. Based on the autobiography and memoirs of the researcher, new data on the history of the Institute of Botany, NAS Ukraine during the Second World War are presented.

Keywords: Radde-Fomina, life, scientific heritage, floristics, systematics, history of science, Ukraine

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