Viktor Dolnik | |
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Born | Viktor Rafaelyevich Dolnik Виктор Рафаэльевич Дольник 13 January 1938 |
Died | 4 November 2013 | (aged 75)
Nationality |
Russian Soviet |
Alma mater | Leningradsky University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biology, ornithology, ethology |
Institutions | Zoological Institute Of Russian Academy of Science |
Viktor Rafaelyevich Dolnik ( Russian: Ви́ктор Рафаэ́льевич До́льник; 13 January 1938 – 4 November 2013) was a Russian ornithologist [1] who administered the Rybachy Biological Station for 22 years (from 1967 until 1989). Haemoproteus dolniki is named after him. [2]
Dolnik was born in Sverdlovsk in 1938. [3] In 1960, he graduated from Leningrad State University. For thirty years, he was the chief of the ornithological station "Rybachy" (literally "Fishers'" - after the village where it was situated). He gained a 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]
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).