Maria Pavlova | |
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Мария Павлова | |
 Pavlova in 1874 | |
| Born | June 26, 1854 |
| Died | December 23, 1938 (aged 84) |
| Alma mater | University of Paris (Sorbonne) |
| Known for | Research on and naming of Tertiary mammals |
| Spouse(s) | Illich-Shishatskaya Alexei P. Pavlov |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology |
Maria Vasilievna Pavlova[a] (Russian: Мария Васильевна Павлова; née Gortynskaia (Гортынская); June 26, 1854 – December 23, 1938) was a Ukrainian who became a paleontologist and academician in Moscow during the Russian Empire and Soviet era. She is known for her research on the fossils of and the naming of hoofed-mammals of the Tertiary period. She was a professor at Moscow State University. She also made great efforts to establish the Museum of Paleontology at the university. In 1926, the museum was named after her and her second husband, Alexei Petrovich Pavlov, a geologist, paleontologist, and academician who made a significant contribution in the field of stratigraphy.
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