Konstantin Mereschkowski

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Konstantin Mereschkowski was a Russian biologist best known for pioneering the concept of symbiogenesis, proposing that complex cells evolved through the symbiotic union of simpler organisms.

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instanceOf Russian scientist
biologist
person
scientist
alternativeName Konstantin Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
alternativeTransliteration Konstantin Sergeevich Mereschkowsky
burialPlace Harbin
causeOfDeath suicide
citizenship Russian Empire
contributedTo endosymbiotic theory
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
countryOfDeath Republic of China
dateOfBirth 1855-08-04
dateOfDeath 1921-01-10
educatedAt Leningrad State University
surface form: Saint Petersburg State University
employer Leningrad State University
surface form: Saint Petersburg State University

Tomsk University
era 19th century
20th century
familyName Mereschkowski
fieldOfWork biology
botany
evolutionary biology
givenName Konstantin
hasGender male
influenced Lynn Margulis
knownFor symbiogenesis
theory that complex cells evolved via symbiosis of simpler organisms
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
name Konstantin Mereschkowski self-link
nationality Russian
notableIdea endosymbiotic origin of chloroplasts
symbiogenesis
occupation biologist
botanist
university teacher
placeOfBirth St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
placeOfDeath Harbin
proposed that eukaryotic cells arose from symbiotic unions of distinct prokaryotic cells
publishedIn German
Russian
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
studied algae
lichen symbiosis
theoryProposed that plastids originated from symbiotic cyanobacteria

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Lynn Margulis influencedBy Konstantin Mereschkowski
Konstantin Mereschkowski name Konstantin Mereschkowski self-link