Ivan Buresh

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Ivan Buresh
Born(1885-12-27)27 December 1885
Died8 August 1980(1980-08-08) (aged 94)
Sofia, Bulgaria
CitizenshipBulgarian
Alma materCharles University, Prague
Sofia University
Scientific career
Fieldszoology
entomology
InstitutionsBulgarian Academy of Sciences

Ivan Yosifov Buresh (

entomologist who has been dubbed "the patriarch of Bulgarian biology".[1]

Ivan Buresh was born in

From 1914 on, Buresh was

Royal Museum of Natural History. In 1918, he was promoted to director of the Royal Institutes of Natural Science, which included the Royal Museum of Natural History, the Sofia Zoo and the Botanical Garden, among other institutions.[4] He held that post until 1946.[2] In 1926, he was admitted to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences as a corresponding member; in 1929, he became a full academic member. From 1947 until his retirement in 1959, Buresh headed the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Zoology. Buresh died in Sofia in 1980,[3]
aged 94.

Ivan Buresh took an interest in zoology in his school years. He published his first article on that subject in 1905; his body of work includes over 200 scientific and popular science articles.

Ferdinand and Tsar Boris III, Ivan Buresh was never actively engaged in politics.[2]

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  4. ^ a b c "15 декември" (in Bulgarian). Дума. 2008-12-15. Retrieved 2009-05-07. [dead link]