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Trofim Lysenko

Trofim Lysenko
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Trofim Denisovich Lysenko was a Soviet agronomist. He rejected Mendelian genetics in favour of his own idiosyncratic, pseudoscientific ideas later termed Lysenkoism.

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  1. Berenice AbbottJuly 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991
  2. Katharine Burr BlodgettJanuary 10, 1898 – October 12, 1979
  3. Leó SzilárdFebruary 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964
  4. Preston SturgesAugust 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959
  5. Trofim Lysenko (this page)September 17, 1898 – November 20, 1976
  6. William James SidisApril 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944

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