About Aleksandr Mikhailovich Dyakonov
Lived 1886 – 1956 (aged 69–70). Aleksandr Mikhailovich Dyakonov was a Russian entomologist and zoologist.
Alexander Mikhailovich Djakonov (Russian: Александр Михайлович Дьяконов; 4 January 1886 – 1 April 1956) was a Russian and Soviet zoologist, entomologist, Doctor of Biological Sciences, professor, and founder of the Echinoderm Department at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Biography Alexander Djakonov was born on 4 January 1886. His father, Professor Mikhail Alexandrovich Djakonov, taught the history of Russian law at the University of Yuryev. Later, his father was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences, prompting the family to move to Saint Petersburg.
He died in Leningrad on 1 April 1956 and was buried at the Shuvalov Cemetery.
Awards Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labour (19 February 1946) Various medals
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