Kravkov N.P., (1865-1924), pharmacologist

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KRAVKOV Nikolay Pavlovich (1865-1924, Petrograd), one of the founders of Soviet pharmacology, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1920. He graduated from St. Petersburg University in 1888 and the Army Medical Academy in 1892. He was the chairman of the department of pharmacology at the Army Medical Academy from 1899. He also founded a scientific school. The author of works on reanimation of dead tissues, sensitivity limits of living protoplasm, etc., he was posthumously awarded a Lenin Prize in 1926. He was buried at Novodevichee Cemetery. There is a memorial plaque at 1 Pirogovskaya Embankment where the department of pharmacology used to be situated.

References: Овчинникова А. К. Н. П. Кравков. М., 1969.

T. I. Grekova. Kravkov Nikolay Pavlovich
Lenin (real name Ulyanov) Vladimir Ilyich
Pirogovskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 1
Овчинникова А. К. Н. П. Кравков. М., 1969 Russian Academy of Sciences
State University, St. Petersburg
Army Medical Academy
Novodevichye Cemetery
Novodevichye Cemetery