Viktor Dolnik

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]

Viktor Dolnik
Born
Viktor Rafaelyevich Dolnik
Виктор Рафаэльевич Дольник

(1938-01-13)13 January 1938
Died4 November 2013(2013-11-04) (aged 75)
NationalityRussian
Soviet
Alma materLeningradsky University
Scientific career
FieldsBiology, ornithology, ethology
InstitutionsZoological Institute Of Russian Academy of Science

Biography

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]

Works

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).

References

  1. Dolnik, Victor R.; Blyumental, Tatyana I. (1967). "Autumnal Premigratory and Migratory Periods in the Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs coelebs) and Some Other Temperate-Zone Passerine Birds". The Condor. 69 (5): 435–468. doi:10.2307/1366146. JSTOR 1366146.
  2. Valkiūnas, Gediminas (2005). Avian malaria parasites and other haemosporidia. CRC Press. p. 544. ISBN 978-0-415-30097-1. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  3. Bakloushinskaya, Irina Yu; Minter, D. W., eds. (2001). Vorontsov's who's who in biodiversity sciences: in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. KMK Scientific Press. p. 114. ISBN 9785873170920. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  4. Кончина Виктора Рафаэльевича Дольника (in Russian)
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