Vera Varsanofieva | |
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Born | Vera Aleksandrovna Varsanofieva |
Education | Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences (1935) |
Alma mater | Moscow Higher Courses for Women |
Known for | first woman - doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences |
Title | Professor (1925) |
Awards | Order of Lenin (1974) Order of the Red Banner of Labor Order Badge of Honor Medal For the Defense of Moscow Medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" Medal in Memory of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geology |
Academic advisors | A. A. Chernov, A. P. Pavlov |
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Vera Aleksandrovna Varsanofieva (22 July 1890, Moscow — 29 June 1976) was a Soviet geologist, geomorphologist, a member-correspondent of the USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, and an honored scientist of the RSFSR. She was the first woman to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences.[1]