Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) (1842–83)

Russian palaeontologist. Graduated from the School of Jurisprudence in 1861. Thereafter published, translated, and edited works by CD, Charles Lyell, Louis Agassiz, and others. Studied natural science and palaeontology, travelling throughout Europe, 1869–74. Submitted his doctoral thesis on the palaeontology of horses at the University of Jena in 1872. Associate professor, Moscow University, 1880–3.