Ivan Nikolaevich Gorozhankin

Ivan Nikolaevich Gorozhankin
Born	(1848-08-28)August 28, 1848 Voronezh
Died	November 20, 1904(1904-11-20) (aged 56) Moscow
Resting place	Pyatnitskoye cemetery
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Imperial Moscow University
Known for	Green algae, Gymnosperms
Scientific career
Fields	Botany, taxonomy
Institutions	Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, Imperial Moscow University
Author abbrev. (botany)	Gorozh.

Ivan Nikolaevich Gorozhankin (1848-1904) was a Russian botanist. His early education was in his home town of Voronezh, where he attended secondary school (1858–1865) before being admitted to the Law School at the Imperial Moscow University, before changing his enrollment to the natural sciences in 1871 and graduating with a thesis on Tropaeolaceae. After graduation, he continued working at the university, being appointed to the chair of botany in 1874. He founded the Moscow School of Botanical Morphology.

As Director of the Lomonosov Botanical Garden of the Faculty of Biology at Imperial Moscow University (1875–1902) he oversaw considerable expansion with new buildings and laboratories. Among his positions was vice president of the Moscow Society of Natural Sciences.

Bibliography

• "Горожанкин Иван Николаевич". Большая Советская Энциклопедия (Great Soviet Encyclopaedia) (in Russian). Retrieved 21 August 2020.