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Wladimir Besnard (1890, St. Petersburg, Russia — 1960, São Paulo, Brazil) was a French biologist 〔("Wladimir Besnard" ) at neglectedscience.com〕 and Brazilian oceanographer, and is considered to be the father of Brazilian oceanography.〔Homenagem aos mestres: esculturas na USP, vol. 5 of "Cadernos CPC", 2002, ISBN 8531406862, (Biographical sketch of W. Besnard )〕 He was born in the Russian Empire of French parents. As a biologist he is credited (together with Theodore Monod) with the discovery of the skeleton of the Asselar man in 1927 〔〔("Théodore MONOD Souvenirs sahariens d'un vieux géologue amateur." ), TRAVAUX DU COMITÉ FRANÇAIS D'HISTOIRE DE LA GÉOLOGIE - Deuxième série - T.4 (1986)〕 (although various sources refer to him as M.M. Besnard or M.V. Besnard). An oceanographic ship, some undersea features (Besnard Bank, Besnard Passage〔22nd Meeting of the GEBCO Subcommittee on Undersea Feature Names (Items 73a, 73d )〕), and a street in São Paulo (Rua Professor Wladimir Besnard) are named in his honor. ==Oceanographic ship== During 1967-2008 Brazil operated the "Professor W. Besnard", its only oceanographic vessel at that time. The ship was launched on August 18, 1966 from the shipyard Mjellem & Karlsen, Norway, and belonged to the Institute of Oceanography of the University of São Paulo. In 1988 the ship suffered damage from a fire. In 2012 a new ship, the Alpha Crucis, has replaced the "Professor W. Besnard".〔〔("Novo navio oceanográfico da USP já está a caminho do Brasil" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wladimir Besnard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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