Alexander Onufrievitch Kowalewski ( 1840 - 1901 )

Birth: Daugavpils district, Vitebsk region, Latvia (19 or 20 November 1840) Death: St Petersburg, Russia (22 November 1901) Research Field: Embryology Education: Engineering School of Roads and Highways, St Petersburg; Faculty of Natural Science, University of St Petersburg; Career: Left Russia due to the University disturbances of 1861; studied chemistry under Bunsen (For Mem RS 1858), Heidelberg; studied zoology under Leydig (For Mem RS 1901), Tubingen; went to Naples (by 1864); returned to Russia (1865); Ordinary Professor, Kasan (1868); Ordinary Professor, Kiev (1869); Professor, Odessa (1874-1890); Professor Histology, University of St Petersburg; Director, Biological Station, Sebastopol; died of apoplexy Membership: Foreign Member Election Date: 10/12/1885.