Boris K. Stegmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Boris K. Stegmann

Russian ornithologist (1898-1975)

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1898

Place of Birth: Pskov, Pskov Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 28-Dec-1975

Profession: ornithologist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Boris K. Stegmann

  • Boris Karlovich Stegmann (25 December 1898-28 December 1975) was a Russian ornithologist of German descent who worked on zoogeography.
  • Stegmann was born in Pskov, Russia.
  • He worked at the Russian Academy of Sciences from 1921 in the ornithology department.
  • He became a research assistant in 1928 and worked on various bird groups.
  • In 1938 he published his ideas on nine avifaunal centres within the Old World.
  • This was an influential work in its time.
  • In 1941, his German ancestry led to his removal from work in Russia and deportation to Kazakhstan.
  • Exiled in central Asia, he continued his research on birds in the region until 1954.
  • In 1964 he published a volume on the birds of the Soviet Union along with Aleksandr Ivanovich Ivanov.
  • He also worked on molluscs and on the evolution of birds.
  • In 1978 his work on the comparative anatomy of the avian forelimb was published posthumously with a preface by Walter Bock.

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