Ivan Alekseevich Dwigubski

Ivan Alekseevich Dwigubski (Russian: Ива́н Алексе́евич Двигу́бский; 1771–1839) was a Russian naturalist, professor end rector of the Imperial University of Moscow.

Ivan Alekseevich Dwigubski
Born(1771-02-24)February 24, 1771
Korocha
DiedDecember 30, 1839(1839-12-30) (aged 68)
Kashira
EducationDoctor of Science (1802)
Alma materImperial Moscow University (1796)
Scientific career
FieldsNatural History
InstitutionsImperial Moscow University
ThesisPrimitiae Faunae Mosquensis

Biography

Student of the medical faculty of the Imperial Moscow University (1793—1796).

Elected professor of the Imperial University of Moscow (1804).

Dvigubsky lectured in Russian and called on Russian scientists to write scientific works in Russian: «Until the Russian language is respected by the Russians themselves, it is difficult to produce anything good until then. When they write for Russians, they teach their sciences not in Russian, where can one get a knowledge of the native language and attachment to it? In a whole Europe, maybe one Russia is not proud of its language ...»[1]

The standard author abbreviation Dwig. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

References
  1. Imperial Moscow University: 1755-1917: encyclopedic dictionary. Moscow: Russian political encyclopedia (ROSSPEN). A. Andreev, D. Tsygankov. 2010. pp. 211–212. ISBN 978-5-8243-1429-8.
  2. IPNI.  Dwig.
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