Kanysh Satbayev
Kazakh geologist (1899–1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kanysh Imantayuli Satbayev (Kazakh: Қаныш Имантайұлы Сәтбаев, Qanyş İmantaiūly Sätbaev; Russian: Каны́ш Иманта́евич Сатпа́ев, Kanysh Imantaevich Satpaev) (April 11, 1899 – January 31, 1964) was a Kazakh professor, geologist and one of the founders of Soviet metallogeny (specifically the Kazakhstani school) and the principal advocate and first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences.
Kanysh Satbayev | |
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Born | (1899-04-12)12 April 1899 |
Died | 31 January 1964(1964-01-31) (aged 64) |
Nationality | Kazakhs |
Citizenship | USSR |
Alma mater | Tomsk Polytechnic University |
Known for | First president of the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geology |
He was a Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences (1942), Professor (1950), Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR (1946), member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946), and the first president of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR. He is famous as the geologist who discovered the Ulutau-Dzhezkazgan copper deposit that was, at the time, amongst the largest copper reserves discovered.