Resting place Sofia Role Scientist Name Anastas Ishirkov | Occupation Scientist Ethnicity Bulgarian | |
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Born 5 April 1868 ( 1868-04-05 ) Lovech, Ottoman Empire
(now Bulgaria) Died April 6, 1937, Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
Academic professor Anastas Todorov Ishirkov (Bulgarian: Анастас Тодоров Иширков; 5 April 1868 – 6 April 1937) was Bulgarian scientist, geographer and ethnographer. He was the founder of geographical science in Bulgaria and was a member of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Honours
Ishirkov Crag on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica is named after Anastas Ishirkov.
References
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