Nikolay Stoyanov

Nikolai Stojanov
Born(1883-11-21)21 November 1883 (new style)
Grodno, now in Belarus
Died9 October 1968(1968-10-09) (aged 84)
Scientific career
Fieldsbotany

Nikolai Andreev Stojanov (Bulgarian: Николай Андреев Стоянов; 21 November 1883 – 9 October 1968) was an academic and botanist who was among the founders of botany in Bulgaria.

He was for many years professor at Sofia University, the founder and first director of the Institute of Botany of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) (succeeded in July 2010 by the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research).[1]