Nicholas Vladimir Polunin (26 June 1909 – 8 December 1997) was a British botanist, environmentalist, arctic explorer and writer.[1][2]
Polunin was born in Checkendon, Oxfordshire in England and died in Geneva, Switzerland.[3]
Publications
edit- Polunin, Vladimir (1931). Russian Waters.[1]
- Polunin, Vladimir (1932). The Isle of Auks. London: Edward Arnold & co.
- Polunin, Vladimir (1949). Arctic Unfolding. Experiences And Observations During A Canadian Airborne Expedition In Northern Ungava, The Northwest Territories, And Their Arctic Archipelago. London: Hutchinson & Co.
- Polunin, Vladimir, ed. (1972). The Environmental Future.Proceedings of the First International Conference on Environmental Future, Held in Finland from 27 June to 3 July 1971. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781349014583.
- Polunin, Vladimir (1990). Maintenance of the Biosphere.[1]
References
edit- 1 2 3 Hattersley-Smith, G. (23 September 2004). "Polunin, Nicholas Vladimir (1909–1997), botanist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68834. Retrieved 25 June 2026. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Natural History Museum. "Polunin, Nicholas Vladimir (1909–1997)". Global Plants. JSTOR. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ "Obituary: Nicholas Polunin". The Independent. 16 December 1997.
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. Polunin.