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age of sixteen, he took his bachelor's degree in four 

 years, after which he studied in Germany under de Bary, 

 from whom he received his greatest inspiration and his 

 tendency toward mycologic studies. Not caring' to seek 

 a Ph.D., it was thrust upon him eventually in 1874 by 

 the University of Odessa, honoris causa. From 1869 



Michael Woronin. 



The greatest of Russian phytopathologists. (Frcm a photograph, 



courtesy of Dr. Erwin F. Smith.) 



until his death, February 20, 1903, he lived in St. Peters- 

 burg, teaching mycology and cytology for a time, but 

 devoting himself during his latter years entirely to re- 

 search as a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 

 A man of rare abihty and attainments, he was pos- 

 sessed of a fine and lovable personality. Famintizen, 

 his colleague and biographer, says of him: "Vanity, 



