Alexander Janelidze
Alexander Janelidze | |
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Kazan University | |
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Fields | Geology Paleontology |
Alexander Janelidze (Georgian: ალექსანდრე ჯანელიძე; November 5, 1888 – January 16, 1975) was a Georgian geologist and statesman. Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1941). Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences (1923), professor (1925), Honored Scientist of the Georgian SSR (1946). A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1942.[1]
Alexander Janelidze was born on 5 November 1888 in the village of
Alexander Janelidze founded the faculty of Geology and Paleontology at the Georgian Technical University and acted as the head of the faculty for many years. For 30 years, Alexander Janelidze ran the Institute of Geology which was founded by him in 1925 at Tbilisi State University. He also established Georgian Geological Society, which he devotedly chaired until his death.[3] Museum of Paleontology was established under the Alexander Janelidze in 1924.[4]
His scientific works concerned
References
- ^ a b Babunashvili Z., Nozadze T., 1994. Patriots’ afterlife, Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi, p. 425 (In Georgian).
- ^ Giorgi Dzotsenidze. Alexander Janelidze, Tbilisi, Nakaduli, 1961
- ^ Alexander Janelidze | Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
- ^ Alexander Janelidze | Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
- ^ Mgeladze, G. (1976). Alexander Janelidze. Bibliography. Tbilisi, Metsniereba, pp. 5–24.