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Mikhail Semyonovich Tsvet
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Also Known As Mikhail Semyonovich Tswett • Mikhail Semyonovich Tsvett
Born May 14, 1872 • Asti • Italy
Died June 26, 1919 (aged 47) • Voronezh • Russia
Subjects Of Study biochrome
William Hyde Wollaston, detail of a pencil drawing by J. Jackson; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Hyde Wollaston
British scientist
Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet
French botanist
Emile Christian Hansen
Danish botanist
Zworykin, Vladimir
Vladimir Zworykin
American engineer and inventor
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin Eduardovich
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Russian scientist
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
French aviator
Aleksandr Popov, detail of a painting by P.D. Korin
Aleksandr Popov
Russian engineer
Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov
Soviet physicist
Nikolay Basov
Nikolay Basov
Soviet physicist
Yuri Gagarin and Sergei Korolev
Sergei Korolev
Soviet scientist
Katherine Esau
American botanist
Konstantin Feoktistov
Konstantin Feoktistov
Russian cosmonaut
Boris Borisovich, Prince Golitsyn
Russian physicist
Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov
Soviet biologist
Glushko, Valentin Petrovich
Valentin Petrovich Glushko
Soviet scientist
Yablochkov, lithograph by Lemercier, c. 1880
Pavel Nikolayevich Yablochkov
Russian engineer and inventor
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Mozhaysky
Russian naval officer
Sir Isaac Shoenberg
British inventor
Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
French aviator
Irène Joliot-Curie
French chemist

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