Aleksandr Fomin (botanist)

Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin (1869-1935) was a botanist. He studied ferns and seed plants. He was also a director of the Kiev University Botanical Garden; which was renamed after him, when he died. He was a subject of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union.

Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin
Fomin, before 1935
Born(1869-05-02)2 May 1869
Ermolevka, Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast, Russia
Died16 October 1935(1935-10-16) (aged 66)
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materKiev Taras Shevchenko University
Known forTaxonomy
Botany
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Fomin
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