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A.K. Linko is not so well known outside Russia. This may be
due on one hand to his works being published in Russian, on the other hand due
to the monograph of Naumov which summarized much of the studies of Linko.
Following are some extracts of the obituary by Prof. Breitfuss, kindly
translated for me by S. Stepanjants.
Alexander Kelsihevitch Linko was born in Kargopol (Olonets
district, near S.Petersburg, Russia) 18 August 1872. His interest in natural
history was discovered and promoted at an early age by a friend of the family,
A.K. Gunther.
Alexander Kelsijevitch Linko began his studies at the Petrograd Imperial
University in 1892 and he graduated in 1897. He was accepted as a
doctoral student in 1898 and was assigned curatorial duties at the Zoological
Cabinet of the Petrograd University. In September 1898 A.K. Linko was
transferred to the Imperial War-Medical Academy as an assistant to Professor
N.A. Kcholodcovsky in the department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy. In
addition, he became senior staff scientist of Zoology at the Zoological Museum
of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Petrograd. Linko kept both positions
for all his life. He participated in several expeditions to the Russian arctic
seas, were he also spent long periods to examine planktonic animals.
Among colleagues A.K. Linko was held in respect not only as a brilliant expert
on the northern plankton, but also as a coelenterate specialist. He had a soft
and modest character and gained the sympathy of everybody by his frankness, simplicity, and mildness.
His sudden and untimely death on 4 September 1912 was caused by a kidneys
disease. The ashes of unforgettable Alexander Kelsijevitch were buried 7
September in the Smolenskoje cemetery.
some selected publications:
Linko A. K.
(1911) Hydraires (Hydroidea). Haleciidae, Lafoeidae, Bonneviellidae et
Campanulariidae. Faune de la Russie et des pays limitrophes (xlviii):
1-250.
Linko A. K.
(1912) Hydraires (Hydroidea). Plumulariidae, Campanulinidae et Sertulariidae.
Faune de la Russie et des pays limitrophes 2 (1): 1-138.
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