Ilya Vavilov

Russian botanist and plant breeder

Ilya Ivanovich Vavilov was a Russian botanist, geneticist, and plant breeder. He is considered one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. Vavilov was born in 1889 in Saratov, Russia. He studied at the University of Moscow and later worked at the Imperial Botanical Garden in St. Petersburg. Vavilov was a pioneer in the field of plant breeding and genetics. He discovered many new plant species and develo...