Kliment Timiryazev founded a faculty of plant physiology and a laboratory at the Petrovskoye Academy.
10 Facts About Kliment Timiryazev
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Kliment Timiryazev pioneered the use of greenhouses for agricultural research in Russia, which he initiated in early 1870s.
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Kliment Timiryazev was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Royal Society and Botanical Society of Scotland, and an honorary professor of the Saint Petersburg University, Kharkov University, University of Glasgow, University of Cambridge and University of Geneva.
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Kliment Timiryazev was a major proponent of the evolution theory of Charles Darwin in Russia.
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Kliment Timiryazev promoted Darwinism in his works and prepared a Russian translation of On the Origin of Species.
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Kliment Timiryazev believed that it was an unfortunate metaphor with negative social implications and stated that Darwinism could be taught without using the word "struggle".
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Kliment Timiryazev lectured on Darwinism at his flat in Moscow.
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The Regional Universal Scientific Library in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, used to be named after Kliment Timiryazev, the named was changed at the end of 2022 in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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At the beginning of the Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow there is a statue of Kliment Timiryazev which was unveiled on 4 November 1923, sculpted by Sergey Merkurov and laid out by the architect Osipov.
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Kliment Timiryazev is depicted in the gown of Cambridge University where he was awarded an honorary doctorate.