Vladimir Pavlovich Efroimson
| Vladimir Pavlovich Efroimson Владимир Павлович Эфроимсон |
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Book cover of Genetics of Geniality book by Efraimson published post-mortem. The black-and-white photo in the bottom is of Efroimson himself
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| Born |
21 November 1908 Moscow |
| Died |
21 July 1989 (aged 80) Moscow |
| Residence | Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union |
| Fields | genetics |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Known for | Mutation rate, Medical genetics, Genetics of social behavior |
Vladimir Pavlovich Efroimson (Russian: Владимир Павлович Эфроимсон; 21 November 1908, Moscow – 21 July 1989, Moscow) was one of the most prominent Soviet geneticists, a former student of Nikolai Koltsov, who was among the geneticists who had to struggle against the persecution of geneticists in the Soviet Union.
Efroimson entered the Biology division of Math and Physics Faculty of Moscow State University in 1925, where he studied under Koltsov. In 1929 he was excluded from the University for his speech in protection of Sergei Chetverikov, the founder of population genetics. In 1929-1931 Efroimson worked in Trans-Caucasian Institute for Silk Worm Growing in Tbilisi. In 1929-1931 he worked in Moscow Radiation Institute. In 1932 he published six scientific works and discovered the formula of mutation rate in humans. In December 1932 he was arrested for his participation in the "Free Philosophic Society". In 1935 he was freed and started to work for the Central Asian Institute for Silk Worm Growing. In one and a half years he made important discoveries in the silkworm genetics. In 1937 he was expunged from the institute under pretext of inefficiency of his works, the pure-bred lines of silkworms he had bred were killed and his book Genetics of Silkworm published by the USSR Academy of Sciences was destroyed. In 1939-1941 he worked for the All-Ukrainian Silkworm Station in Merefa and obtained his Kandidat degree from Kharkov University(1941).
During World War II Efroimson fought in the army from August 1942 through November 1945 and was awarded military decorations. In February 1945 he reported to the Military Council of his Army about unacceptable excesses against German civilians including the mass rape of German women.
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