Viktor Dolnik

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Viktor Dolnik
Born
Viktor Rafaelyevich Dolnik
Виктор Рафаэльевич Дольник

(1938-01-13)13 January 1938
Russian SFSR, USSR
Died4 November 2013(2013-11-04) (aged 75)
NationalityRussian
Soviet
Alma materLeningradsky University
Scientific career
FieldsBiology, ornithology, ethology
InstitutionsZoological Institute Of Russian Academy of Science

Viktor Rafaelyevich Dolnik (

Rybachy Biological Station for 22 years (from 1967 until 1989). Haemoproteus dolniki is named after him.[2]

Biography

Dolnik was born in

Candidate of Science degree in 1967, and the Doctor of Science
in 1976. He became a professor in 1983.

Dolnik was chief research fellow at Zoological institute of Russian Academy of science. He was the vice-president of the Russian ornithologists' Union, an honorary member of the American ornithological union, and a corresponding member of German and Dutch ornithological unions. He was a recipient of the Medal "For Distinguished Labour" and the Medal "Veteran of Labour"

He died on 4 November 2013.[4]

Works

Dolnik has about two hundred written works. Together with M.A. Kozlov, he was the author of a textbook on zoology for secondary schools. He was best known to the general public for a series of articles concerning human ethology (1980-1990s). These articles later were compiled into a book "Disobedient Child of Biosphere" (1994).

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