Alexander Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Russian: ??????´??? ???´??????? ??????´?????, Polish: Aleksander Kowalewski, 7 November 1840 in Vorkovo, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire – 1901, St.
Petersburg, Russian Empire), also written Alexander Kowalevsky, was a Russian embryologist of Polish descent, who studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg and became professor at the University of St Petersburg.
He was the brother of paleontologist Vladimir Kovalevsky.
Author: anonymous/unknown Source: retrieved from Fokin, Sergei I. "Life of Alexander Onufrievich Kowalevsky (1840–1901)." Evolution & Development 14.1 (2012): 3-8. License: CC-PD-Mark PD Old