Kirill Florensky
Kirill Pavlovich Florensky (Russian: Кири́лл Па́влович Флоре́нский; 27 December 1915 – 9 April 1982) was a Russian Soviet geochemist and planetologist. He was head of comparative planetology at the Vernadsky Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences.[1]
He was the second son of the Russian polymath, Pavel Florensky.
The crater Florensky on the Moon is named after him.
References
External links
- In Memoriam from the Earth, Moon, and Planets journal.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 2/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.