About Igor Akimushkin
Lived 1929 – 1993 (aged 63). Igor Akimushkin was a Russian writer, zoologist, marine biologist and biologist.
Igor Ivanovich Akimushkin (May 1, 1929 – 1993) was a Soviet zoologist and writer.
Born in Moscow, he graduated the biological faculty of Moscow State University in 1952. His first books, Tracks of beast you never met and Following the Legends, were published in 1961.
Igor Akimushkin wrote a large number of popular science books and made a significant contribution to science and made some discoveries by exploring the marine life. Most of his works were translated to other languages. The squid Cycloteuthis akimushkini was named in honour of Igor Akimushkin in 1968 by fellow zoologist Filippova.
His most well known work is the six volume World of Animals.
He worked at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Who was Igor Akimushkin?
zoologist and writer (1929–1993)
When was Igor Akimushkin born?
Igor Akimushkin was born on 1 May 1929 in Moscow.
When did Igor Akimushkin die?
Igor Akimushkin died on 1 January 1993 in Moscow.
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Igor Akimushkin was a writer, zoologist, marine biologist and biologist.
What nationality was Igor Akimushkin?
Igor Akimushkin was Russian.
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