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CodePX1586
Dates1818-1893
Person NameKoksharov; Nicolas Ivanovich de (1818-1893); Mineralogist
SurnameKoksharov
Forenames Nicolas Ivanovich de
EpithetMineralogist
Activity1840 - 1842 travelled Russia with Murchison and de Verneuil. 1847 appointed professor of mineralogy, geology and physical geography at the University of St. Petersburg. 1865 he was director of the Imperial Society of Mineralogy, a post which he held until 1891.
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DF/MIN/10/2/7Nicolai I Koksharov collection of Russian minerals: correspondence 
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