Sergei Nikitin (geologist)

Sergei Nikolaevich Nikitin (4 February 1851 – 18 November 1909) was a geologist and paleontologist from the Russian Empire. He took a special interest in stratigraphy and worked especially on the progression of the Jurassic of Central Russia. He was also involved in studies on hydrogeology aimed at water management in Russia.

Nikitin was born in Moscow where his father was an anatomist at Moscow University. He took an early interest in the natural sciences and at school he was introduced to field geology and botany by G.E. Shchurovskii[1] and N.N. Kaufman. He joined Moscow University, graduating in 1871. He then taught botany and geography at schools and conducted courses on mineralogy and geology for women. He then obtained a master's degree for studies on ammonites in 1879. When the Russian Geological Survey was created he was appointed senior geologist in 1882 and began to examine stratigraphy and was appointed by the Imperial Saint Petersburg Mineralogical Studies along with K. O. Milashevich who later withdrew due to poor health. He studied Jurassic strata in Moscow, the Oka and Upper Volga basins.[2]

Among Nikitin's students was the pioneering geologist Maria Tsvetaeva.[3] Nikitin received the Helmersen Prize of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences for 1883 and the Medal of Constantine from the Russian Geographical Society in 1894. Nikitin is buried at the Smolensk Cemetery in St. Petersburg.[2]

References

  1. Krivosheina, G G (2021-10-01). "Geological excursions of Grigorii Shchurovskii". IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 867 (1): 012123. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/867/1/012123. ISSN 1755-1307. S2CID 239299940.
  2. Starodubtseva, I. A. (2013). "S.N. Nikitin (1851–1909) and his contribution to the development of the Mesozoic stratigraphic scheme of Central Russia". Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation. 21 (1): 36–47. doi:10.1134/S086959381206007X. ISSN 0869-5938. S2CID 129506166.
  3. Creese, M. R. S. (2007). "Fossil hunters, a cave explorer and a rock analyst: notes on some early women contributors to geology". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 281 (1): 39–49. doi:10.1144/SP281.3. ISSN 0305-8719. S2CID 129781586.
  4. International Plant Names Index.  Nikitin.
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