Quick Facts
- Born:
- Oct. 27 [Oct. 15, Old Style], 1855, Vershino estate, near Dolgoye, Russia
- Died:
- June 7, 1935, Michurinsk, Russian S.F.S.R. (aged 79)
- Subjects Of Study:
- hybridization
- inheritance of acquired characteristics
Adding us as a Preferred Source tells Google you trust our content, so our articles show up more often in your Google Search, Discover feed, and AI Overviews.
verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies.
Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Michurin, Ivan Vladimirovich
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, bust in front of Moscow State University, Moscow.
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
Russian horticulturalist
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (born Oct. 27 [Oct. 15, Old Style], 1855, Vershino estate, near Dolgoye, Russia—died June 7, 1935, Michurinsk, Russian S.F.S.R.) was a Russian horticulturist who earned the praise of the Soviet government by developing more than 300 new types of fruit trees and berries in an attempt to prove the inheritance of acquired characteristics. When Mendelian genetics came under attack in the Soviet Union, Michurin’s theories of hybridization, as elaborated by T.D. Lysenko, were adopted as the official science of genetics by the Soviet regime, despite the nearly universal rejection of this doctrine by scientists throughout the world.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Discover the fascinating events that shaped the world, straight from our editors.
By clicking “Sign Up”, you consent to the Britannica
Privacy Policy
and
Terms of Use.