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Sergei Winogradsky

1856 - 1953

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Sergei Nikolaevich Winogradsky (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Виноградский; Ukrainian: Сергій Миколайович Виноградський; 13 September [O.S. 1 September] 1856, Kyiv – 24 February 1953, Brie-Comte-Robert), also published under the name Sergius Winogradsky, was a Ukrainian and Russian microbiologist, ecologist and soil scientist who pioneered the cycle-of-life concept. Winogradsky discovered the first known form of lithotrophy during his research with Beggiatoa in 1887. He reported that Beggiatoa oxidized hydrogen sulfide (H2S) as an energy source and formed intracellular sulfur droplets. This research provided the first example of lithotrophy, but not autotrophy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sergei Winogradsky is the 277th most popular biologist (down from 259th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 278th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Sergei Winogradsky ranks 277 out of 1,097. Before him are Francisco Varela, C. L. Gloger, Jack W. Szostak, Carl Ludwig Blume, Leopold Fitzinger, and Morten Thrane Brünnich. After him are James Rothman, Eduard Rüppell, Nathaniel Wallich, Johann Hermann, Hideyo Noguchi, and André Marie Constant Duméril.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Sergei Winogradsky ranks 42. Before him are Wilhelm von Gloeden, Hara Takashi, William Wallace Denslow, Maurice Sarrail, Henri-Edmond Cross, and Stepa Stepanović. After him are J.-H. Rosny aîné, Matthias Zurbriggen, Christian Sinding, Maurycy Gottlieb, Enrico Ferri, and Naftali Herz Imber. Among people deceased in 1953, Sergei Winogradsky ranks 52. Before him are John Christie, Noe Zhordania, Moïse Kisling, Mary Anderson, Nobutake Kondō, and Hank Williams. After him are Stanisław Wojciechowski, Jacques Thibaud, Jim Lightbody, Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Prince Oscar Bernadotte, and Sergey Belyavsky.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Sergei Winogradsky ranks 244 out of 1,365. Before him are Alexander Marinesko (1913), Lyudmila Rudenko (1904), Sigismund Korybut (1395), Lina Kostenko (1930), Angelica Balabanoff (1878), and Leonid Pasternak (1862). After him are Andriy Melnyk (1890), Marian Jaworski (1926), Abram Ioffe (1880), Grigory Kulik (1890), Lyudmila Gurchenko (1935), and Eugen Ehrlich (1862).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Ukraine

Among biologists born in Ukraine, Sergei Winogradsky ranks 5. Before him are Élie Metchnikoff (1845), Trofim Lysenko (1898), Alexander Georg von Bunge (1803), and Waldemar Haffkine (1860). After him are Michał Boym (1614), Ludwik Fleck (1896), Ivan Martinov (1771), and Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim (1888).

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