title: Alexander Abramovich Krasnovsky (1913-1993): 100th birth anniversary in Moscow, Russia.
abstract: We provide here a brief News Report on the 100th birth anniversary of Academician Alexander Abramovich Krasnovsky, one of the greatest photobiochemists of our time, who was born on August 26, 1913 and died on May 16, 1993. We provide here a short description of his research, followed by some photographs. He was a pioneering intellectual in the area of chlorophyll photochemistry, and was always ahead of his time; he, indeed, was a remarkable human being.
authors.affiliation: A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, 119071, Moscow, Russia, nkarap@yandex.ru.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Karapetyan
authors.lastname: Govindjee
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history*; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000502:physiology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000266:history*; D012426:Russia
chemical_list: D002734:Chlorophyll