Boris Balinsky
Ukrainian-South African biologist (1905–1997)
Borys Ivanovych Balinsky (23 September 1905 – 1 September 1997) was a Ukrainian-South African biologist , embryologist , entomologist .
A professor at Kyiv University and later the University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg ,[ 1] experimental embryology , electron microscopy and developmental biology and the author of a popular textbook in embryology An Introduction to Embryology .[ 2] [ 3]
Early life and education
Balinsky was born 23 September 1905, in Kyiv ,[ 3] Russian Empire (now the capital of present day, Ukraine ). His father, Ivan Balinsky, was a historian, lawyer and teacher at Galen College. His mother, Elizaveta Radzymovska was a biology teacher. Her aunt, Valentyna Radzymovska , was a biologist who was involved in Ukrainian independence movements. His parents loved English literature and spoke Ukrainian, Russian and English at home.[ 4] [ 5]
He was a student of the Soviet zoologist and evolutionary biologist , Ivan Schmalhausen ,[ 1] organogenesis in amphibian embryos. His distinguished himself by having his first scientific paper published while he was only 20 and still an undergraduate.[ 5]
Career
Balinsky became a full university professor at Kiev University in 1933 at age 28 and the deputy director of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences two years later in 1935.[ 5]
His wife was arrested October 7, 1937 for engaging in counter-revolutionary propaganda and was sentenced to ten years in a gulag .[ 5]
A victim of Soviet repressions , Balinsky remained in Kiev under German occupation during World War II while others evacuated. He and his family fled to Poznań , Poland after the German evacuation and later Munich , Germany .[ 1] [ 3] Scotland in Conrad Hal Waddington 's laboratory on mice embryology.[ 3] South Africa where he become one of the founders of South African experimental bioscience.[ 1]
Balinsky also worked in entomology and described new species of Plecoptera , Odonata and moths from the family Pyralidae , mainly from Caucasus and South Africa.
Death and legacy
He died at home in Johannesburg on 1 September 1997, aged 91.[ 1] John Balinsky was also a scientist.
Insects described
Lepidoptera
New species
Abachausia grisea Balinsky, 1994 Acrobasis africanella Balinsky, 1994 Afromyelois communis Balinsky, 1991 Afromylea natalica Balinsky, 1994 Afropsipyla pictella Balinsky, 1994 Afropsipyla similis Balinsky, 1994 Ambetilia crucifera Balinsky, 1994 Ancylosis aeola Balinsky, 1987 Ancylosis eugraphella Balinsky, 1987 Ancylosis eurhoda Balinsky, 1989 Ancylosis glaphyria Balinsky, 1987 Ancylosis melanophlebia Balinsky, 1989 Ancylosis mimeugraphella Balinsky, 1989 Ancylosis montana Balinsky, 1989 Ancylosis namibiella Balinsky, 1987 Ancylosis obscurella Balinsky, 1989 Ancylosis perfervid Balinsky, 1989 Ancylosis similis Balinsky, 1987 Apomyelois bicolorata Balinsky, 1991 Arsissa transvaalica Balinsky, 1991 Aspithroides minuta Balinsky, 1994 Azanicola adspersa Balinsky, 1991 Bahiria defecta Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria durbanica Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria flavicosta Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria latevalvata Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria macrognatha Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria magna Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria similis Balinsky, 1994 Bahiria ximenianata Balinsky, 1994 Cabotella inconspicua Balinsky, 1994 Candiopella dukei Balinsky, 1994 Cantheleamima excisa Balinsky, 1994 Ceuthelea umtalensis Balinsky, 1994 Cunibertoides nigripatagiata Balinsky, 1991 Emporia melanobasis Balinsky, 1991 Encryphodes ethiopella Balinsky, 1991 Epicrocis abbreviata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis ancylosiformis Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis arcana Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis brevipalpata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis complicata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis coriacelloides Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis crassa Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis flavicosta Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis furcilinea Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis gracilis Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis imitans Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis insolita Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis intermedia Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis noncapillata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis ornata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis ornatella Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis picta Balinsky, 1991 Epicrocis plumbifasciata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis punctata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis sacculata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis spiculata Balinsky, 1994 Epicrocis vansoni Balinsky, 1994 Eucarphia anomala Balinsky, 1994 Eurhodope nyctosia Balinsky, 1991 Euzophera crassignatha Balinsky, 1994 Euzophera crinita Balinsky, 1994 Euzophera cullinanensis (Balinsky, 1991) Euzophera minima Balinsky, 1994 Euzophera termivelata Balinsky, 1994 Euzopherodes capicola Balinsky, 1994 Faveria dubia Balinsky, 1994 Faveria fusca Balinsky, 1994 Faveria ignicephalis Balinsky, 1994 Faveria minima Balinsky, 1994 Faveria minuscula Balinsky, 1994 Faveria nonceracanthia Balinsky, 1994 Faveria onigra Balinsky, 1994 Faveria poliostrota Balinsky, 1994 Flabellobasis montana Balinsky, 1991 Gaana minima Balinsky, 1994 Gaana quatra Balinsky, 1994 Getulia maculosa Balinsky, 1994 Hobohmia paradoxa Balinsky, 1994 Homoeosoma masaiensis Balinsky, 1991 Joannisia heterotypa Balinsky, 1994 Joannisia jansei Balinsky, 1994 Joannisia poliopasta Balinsky, 1994 Joannisia semiales Balinsky, 1994 Kivia longisacculata Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia affinis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia glaucocephalis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia grisella Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia homotypa Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia hortensis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia inermis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia injucunda Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia karkloofensis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia lugubris Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia nigerrima Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia nonplagella Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia pulchra Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia salisburyensis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia sarniensis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia similis Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia spissa Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia squamata Balinsky, 1994 Laodamia zoetendalensis Balinsky, 1994 Leviantenna ferox Balinsky, 1994 Macrovalva quadrielevata Balinsky, 1994 Magiriamorpha superpalpia Balinsky, 1994 Miliberta gnathilata Balinsky, 1994 Nakurubia sacculata Balinsky, 1994 Namibicola simplex Balinsky, 1994 Namibicola splendida Balinsky, 1991 Namibiopsis punctata Balinsky, 1994 Nonphycita lineata Balinsky, 1994 Nyctegretis cullinanensis Balinsky, 1991 Oncocera affinis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera cenochreella Ragonot, 1888 Oncocera dubia Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera glaucocephalis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera grisella Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera homotypa Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera horrens Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera hortensis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera ignicephalis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera inermis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera injucunda Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera karkloofensis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera lugubris Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera nigerrima Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera nonplagella Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera pulchra Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera salisburyensis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera sarniensis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera similis Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera spiculata Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera spissa Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera squamata Balinsky, 1994 Oncocera zoetendalensis Balinsky, 1994 Ortholepis polyodonta Balinsky, 1991 Ortholepis pyrobasis Balinsky, 1991 Ortholepis unguinata Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia haploa Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia angustata Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia fraudulenta Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia modesta Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia pretoriensis Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia serrata Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia subligaculata Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia transvaalica Balinsky, 1994 Phycita attenuata Balinsky, 1994 Phycita exaggerata Balinsky, 1994 Phycita ligubris Balinsky, 1994 Phycita randensis Balinsky, 1994 Phycita singularis Balinsky, 1994 Phycita spiculata Balinsky, 1994 Phycita spissoterminata Balinsky, 1994 Phycita suppenditata Balinsky, 1994 Phycitophila obscurita Balinsky, 1994 Phycitopsis insulata Balinsky, 1994 Pretoria nigribasis Balinsky, 1994 Proancylosis argenticostata Balinsky, 1991 Pseudogetulia luminosa Balinsky, 1994 Pseudographis dermatina Balinsky, 1989 Pseudographis mesosema Balinsky, 1989 Psorosa africana Balinsky, 1991 Pylamorpha albida Balinsky, 1994 Pylamorpha cristata Balinsky, 1994 Quasiexuperius rhodesianus Balinsky, 1994 Ramosignathos inconspicuella Balinsky, 1994 Samaria inconspicuella Balinsky, 1994 Sematoneura africana Balinsky, 1994 Shebania grandis Balinsky, 1991 Shebania maculata Balinsky, 1991 Spatulipalpia monstrosa Balinsky, 1994 Staudingeria mimeugraphella Balinsky, 1989 Trachypteryx victoriola Balinsky, 1991 Ulophora flavinia Balinsky, 1994
New genera
Abachausia Balinsky, 1994 Afromyelois Balinsky, 1991 Afromylea Balinsky, 1994 Afropsipyla Balinsky, 1994 Ambetilia Balinsky, 1994 Aspithroides Balinsky, 1994 Azanicola Balinsky, 1991 Bahiria Balinsky, 1994 Cabotella Balinsky, 1994 Candiopella Balinsky, 1994 Cantheleamima Balinsky, 1994 Ceuthelea Balinsky, 1994 Cunibertoides Balinsky, 1991 Flabellobasis Balinsky, 1991 Hobohmia Balinsky, 1994 Joannisia Balinsky, 1994 Kivia Balinsky, 1994 Leviantenna Balinsky, 1994 Macrovalva Balinsky, 1994 Magiriamorpha Balinsky, 1994 Miliberta Balinsky, 1994 Nakurubia Balinsky, 1994 Namibicola Balinsky, 1991 Namibiopsis Balinsky, 1994 Nonphycita Balinsky, 1994 Paralaodamia Balinsky, 1994 Phycitophila Balinsky, 1994 Proancylosis Balinsky, 1991 Pseudogetulia Balinsky, 1994 Pseudographis [nl ] Balinsky, 1989 Pylamorpha Balinsky, 1994 Quasiexuperius Balinsky, 1994 Ramosignathos Balinsky, 1994 Shebania Balinsky, 1991
References
^ a b c d e Fabian, B (2009). "Balinsky's Darwinian roots" . South African Journal of Science . 105 (Nov-Dec 2009): 410–414. ^ Balinsky, Boris (1970). An Introduction to Embryology ISBN 0721615171 ^ a b c d Korzh, Vladimir (2005). "Boris Balinsky: transition from embryology to developmental biology" (PDF) . BioEssays . 27 : 970–977 – via Wiley. ^ Kliuchkovska, Iryna; Pyatkovska, O.; Marusyk, Y.; Hoisan, V.; Zhylych, K. (2020). "Ukrainians, Ukrainian places and the Ukrainian community in South Africa". Ukrainians of South Africa : Society, identity and future (BORIS BALINSKY p12-13) . Translated by Biletskyi, Mykola. Cape Town: UAZA. ISBN 9780620961431 ^ a b c d E.S. Grossman (2005). "Borys Balinsky 10 September 1905 — 1 September 1997" . South African Journal of Science 101 (May/June): 309–312. hdl :10520/EJC96417 .
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