Boris Uvarov

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'''Sir Boris Petrovitch Uvarov''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCMG|FRS}} (born 1886,<ref name="fk"/> – died 1970) was a Russian-British entomologist.<ref name="frs"/>

==Biography==
Boris Petrovitch Uvarov was born in Ural'sk, in the [[Russian Empire]] (now [[Oral, Kazakhstan]]<ref>{{cite book | first=Jeffrey A. | last=Lockwood | title=Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That Shaped the American Frontier | page=139 | year=2004 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swJWsR5CFu0C&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=Boris+Uvarov+Uralsk&source=bl&ots=u27coA7rOC&sig=PJqYFFM2ob4tuGFfRmpkKz_SJNE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QlVGU8ndNKX00gXc24GgBg&ved=0CDMQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=Boris%20Uvarov%20Uralsk&f=false | accessdate=10 April 2014}}</ref>), the son of Pyotr P. Uvarov, a state bank employee, and his wife, Aleksandra. He studied biology in the [[Saint Petersburg State University]], graduating in 1910. He worked as entomologist in [[Stavropol]] and put locust control on a sound scientific basis. From 1915 he worked in [[Tiflis]], which after the Russian revolution of 1917 had become the capital of the short-lived [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]]. Moved to London in 1920.

Starting in 1945, Dr. Uvarov and his small team received official designation as the [[Anti-Locust Research Centre]], London. During the next fourteen years, the Centre developed into the foremost laboratory in the world for research on [[locusts]]. He made important contributions in the areas of taxonomy, population biology and locust control.

==Honours==
* Commander of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] (1943)<ref name="frs"/>
* Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished [[Order of St Michael and St George]] (10 June 1961) for contributions to science, particularly as Director of the Anti-Locust Research Centre<ref name="frs"/>
* Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] (1950)<ref name="frs"/>
* Commander of the [[Royal Order of the Lion]] (Belgium, 1948)<ref name="frs"/>
* Honorary [[DSc]] from the [[Complutense University of Madrid|University of Madrid]] (1935)<ref name="frs"/>
* President of the [[Royal Entomological Society]] of London (1959–61)<ref name="frs"/>

Uvarov was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] in 1950,<ref name="frs"/> his nomination reads:{{centered pull quote| His researches on taxonomy, morphology, biometrics and behaviour of locusts led him to formulate the phase theory respecting those insects, greatly influencing locus research throughout the world. It has also provided a basis for international policy of prevention of locust outbreaks. His studies of outbreaks in Africa contributed much towards establishing correlation between seasonal weather conditions and locus migrations thus providing a basis for forecasting. Other work includes over 150 papers on taxonomy of Orthoptera and many on Orthopterous faunas. Has also done much to encourage locust research and played a leading part in planning international anti-locus measures.<ref name="royal">{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo==%27EC%2F1950%2F24%27)|title = Library and Archive Catalogue: Uvarov, Sir Boris Petrovich|publisher=The Royal Society|accessdate=2013-12-06|location=London}}</ref>}}

==Personal life==
His niece was Dame [[Olga Uvarov]].

==Works==
* ''Locusts and Grasshoppers'' (1928)
* ''Insect Nutrition and Metabolism'' (1928)
* ''Insects and Climate'' (1931)
* ''Grasshoppers and Locusts'' (V. I, 1966, ISBN 0-85135-072-0 V. II, 1977 ISBN 978-0-85135-072-1)

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[[Category:Saint Petersburg State University alumni]]
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[[Category:British entomologists]]
[[Category:Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]]
[[Category:White Russian emigrants to the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]]
[[Category:Disease-related deaths in England]]
[[Category:Soviet entomologists]]

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