Boris Rohdendorf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Boris Rohdendorf

Russian entomologist

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1904

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 21-Nov-1977

Profession: zoologist, paleontologist, entomologist

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Boris Borissovich Rohdendorf (12 July 1904 – 21 November 1977) was a Russian entomologist and curator at the Zoological Museum at the University of Moscow.
He attained the position of head of the Laboratory of Arthropods, Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the USSR (now Russian Academy of Sciences) in Moscow.
A student of Andrey Martynov, he was a prolific taxonomist who described numerous new taxa, including fossil Diptera, and published important syntheses on fossil insects.
His work is being extensively revised by the current generation of Russian paleoentomologists.