Boris Uvarov

Sir Boris Petrovitch Uvarov KCMG FRS (3 November 1886 – 18 March 1970) was a Russian-British entomologist best known for his work on the biology and ecology of locusts. He has been called the father of acridology.

Boris Uvarov
B. P. Uvarov at the International Congress of Entomology in Madrid, 1935
Born
Boris Petrovitch Uvarov

(1886-11-03)3 November 1886
Ural'sk
Died18 March 1970(1970-03-18) (aged 83)
London
Alma materSaint Petersburg State University
SpouseAnna Fedorovna Fedorova (Prodaniuk)
ChildrenEvgenii (1910-1993)
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society (1950)
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