Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin

Russian botanist

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1855

Place of Birth: Pronsk County, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Date of Death: 07-Jun-1935

Profession: engineer, botanist, geneticist, pomologist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (Russian: ???? ???????????? ???????) (October 27 [O.S.
October 15] 1855 – June 7, 1935) was a Russian practitioner of selection to produce new types of crop plants, Honorable Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and academician of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agriculture. Throughout all his life, Michurin worked to create new sorts of fruit plants.
He introduced over 300 new varieties.
He was awarded the Order of Lenin and Order of the Red Banner of Labour for his achievements.
The town of Michurinsk is named in his honor, as was the Bulgarian town of Tsarevo between 1950 and 1991.