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Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky
Ukrainian and soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology.
Born March 12th, 1863 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1945 at 81 years old in Moscow (stroke). [ref]
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