Draft:Nicholas Boutakoff
Nicholas Boutakoff | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nicholas Aleksandrovitch Boutakoff 1903 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Died | January 31 1977 Parkville, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Geologist |
| Spouse |
Irene Sergueieff (m. 1932) |
| Relatives | Grigory Butakov (grandfather) |
Nicholas Boutakoff (1903–1977) was a Russian geologist.
Early life[edit]
Boutakoff was born in 1903 at the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., the son of Olga Kazanakoff and Alexandre Boutakoff. His father, a commander in the Imperial Russian Navy and son of Admiral Grigory Butakov, was stationed in the United States as a naval attaché. Alexandre Boutakoff was in Russia during World War 1. His family left for Switzerland to care for his sick daughter. On March 1 1917 he was executed for failing to recognise the revolution. The family moved to Cannes, France.
Nicholas Boutakoff had his Russian citizenship revoked in 1922 becoming a stateless person. A Nansen passport was later obtained. He completed his secondary education at the City College in Cannes. In 1923 he obtained his Bachelor of Secondary Education (Diplôme de Bachelier de l'Enseignement secondaire), Nice, France. Boutakoff obtained an American scholarship to the Catholic University in Louvain, Belgium. His mother and sister remained in France until their deaths in the 1940s.
In 1927 Butakoff graduated with a BA (hons) in forestry from Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. One year later in 1928 he obtained his BA in geology from the same university.[1] In 1929 Nicholas obtained his doctorate in geology. His thesis related to the understanding of continental drift in the formation of alpine structures.
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Australia[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Boutakoff, Nicholas Aleksandrovitch (1903-1977)". Retrieved 27 June 2023.
Sources[edit]
- Butcher, Mike; Collins, Yolande; Purcell, Peter (2018). "Nicholas Boutakoff: A geologist's life revisited" (PDF). Journal of Australasian Mining History. 16.