Kirill Florensky

Kirill Pavlovich Florensky
Native name Кири́лл Па́влович Флоре́нский
Born (1915-12-27)December 27, 1915
Died April 9, 1982(1982-04-09) (aged 66)
Nationality Russian
Citizenship Soviet
Scientific career
Fields Geochemistry, planetary science
Institutions Soviet Academy of Sciences

Kirill Pavlovich Florensky (Russian: Кири́лл Па́влович Флоре́нский; 27 December 1915 9 April 1982) was a Russian Soviet geochemist and planetologist. He was head of comparative planetology at the Vernadsky Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.[1]

He was the second son of the Russian polymath, Pavel Florensky.

The crater Florensky on the Moon is named after him.

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