Pavel Patev

Pavel Atanasov Patev (1889-22 March 1950) was a Bulgarian zoologist known for his work in ornithology and as the director of the Sofia Zoo. He wrote a major monograph on the Birds of Bulgaria (1950).

Patev with two lion cubs at the Sofia Zoo, 1939

Patev was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Patev served as director of the Sofia Zoo from 1934 till the end of his life. The fossil crossbill Loxia patevi was named after him by Zlatozar Boev.[1]

References

Боев, Златозар (1991). "100 години от рождението на Павел Патев — основоположника на съвременната орнитология в България [The centenary of the birth of Pavel Patev — the founder of contemporary Bulgarian ornithology]" (PDF). Historia naturalis bulgarica. 3: 111–116.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Боев, Златозар (1991). "100 години от рождението на Павел Патев — основоположника на съвременната орнитология в България [The centenary of the birth of Pavel Patev — the founder of contemporary Bulgarian ornithology]" (PDF). Historia naturalis bulgarica. 3: 111–116.