Vernadsky's 150th birthday. Family Father – Ivan Vernadsky, Russian Imperial economist Mother – Аnna Konstantinovich, Russian music instructor Wife – Nataliia Yegorovna Staritskaya (married in 1887 in Saint Petersburg) Son – George Vernadsky, American Russian historian, an author of numerous books on Russian history and philosophy Daughter – Nina Toll, Doctor-psychiatrist Legacy Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine is the main academic library in Ukraine Ukrainian Antarctic station Akademik Vernadsky Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University, university in Simferopol Vernadsky Institute of geochemistry and analytical chemistry, a research institution of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vernadsky State Geological Museum is the oldest museum in Moscow Vernadsky Mountain Range is a mountains in Antarctica and is an extension of the Gamburtsev Mountain Range. Bulvar Akademika Vernadskoho (Academician Vernadsky Boulevard) is a street in Kyiv Vulytsia Petra Zaporozhtsia (in 1961–1963 vulytsia Akademika Vernadsky) is a street in Kyiv Vernadskiy (crater), a lunar crater Vernadsky Medal awarded annually by the International Association of GeoChemistry 2809 Vernadskij, an asteroid On 25 October 2019 the National Bank of Ukraine put in circulation a ₴1,000 hryvnia banknote with Vernadsky's portrait. Selected works Geochemistry, published in Russian 1924 The Biosphere, first published in Russian in 1926. English translations: Oracle, AZ, Synergetic Press, 1986, , 86 pp. tr. David B. Langmuir, ed. Mark A. S. McMenamin, New York, Copernicus, 1997, , 192 pp. Essays on Geochemistry & the Biosphere, tr. Olga Barash, Santa Fe, NM, Synergetic Press, , 2006 Diaries Dnevniki 1917–1921: oktyabr 1917-yanvar 1920 (Diaries 1917–1921), Kyiv, Naukova dumka, 1994, , 269 pp. Dnevniki. Mart 1921-avgust 1925 (Diaries 1921–1925), Moscow, Nauka, 1998, , 213 pp. Dnevniki 1926–1934 (Diaries 1926–1934), Moscow, Nauka, 2001, , 455 pp. Dnevniki 1935–1941 v dvukh knigakh. Kniga 1, 1935–1938 (Diaries 1935–1941 in two volumes. Volume 1, 1935–1938), Moscow, Nauka, 2006,,444 pp. Dnevniki 1935–1941 v dvukh knigakh. Kniga 2, 1939–1941 (Diaries 1935–1941. Volume 2, 1939–1941), Moscow, Nauka, 2006, , 295 pp. See also Gaia theory (science) Noosphere Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Prospekt Vernadskogo District Russian philosophy References Bibliography "Science and Russian Cultures in an Age of Revolutions" External links The grave of Vernadsky Behrends, Thilo, The Renaissance of V.I. Vernadsky, Newsletter of the Geochemical Society, #125, October 2005, http://www.geochemsoc.org/files/4813/4436/8118/gn125.pdf retrieved 27 April 2013 Vernadsky's biography Electronic archive of writings from and about Vernadsky (Russian) http://vernadsky.lib.ru/ 1863 births 1945 deaths Scientists from Saint Petersburg People from Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd Russian people of Ukrainian descent Presidents of the National