Alexey Favorsky

Alexey Favorsky
Born3 March [O.S. 20 February] 1860
Died8 August 1945(1945-08-08) (aged 85)
NationalityRussian
Alma materUniversity of Moscow ,
University of Saint Petersburg
Known forFavorskii rearrangement,
Favorskii reaction, Synthetic rubber
AwardsStalin Prize
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorAlexander Butlerov
Doctoral studentsSergei Vasiljevich Lebedev,
Vladimir Ipatieff

Alexey Yevgrafovich Favorsky (‹See Tfd›Russian: Алексе́й Евгра́фович Фаво́рский; 3 March [O.S. 20 February] 1860 – 8 August 1945), was a Russian and Soviet chemist and recipient of the Stalin Prize (1941) and the title Hero of Socialist Labour (1945).