Alexander Gurwitsch

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<th colspan="2"><span class="fn">Alexander Gurwitsch</span></th>

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<th scope="row">Born26September</th>

<td>1874
<span class="birthplace"><a title="Poltava" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltava">Poltava</a>,&nbsp;<a title="Russian Empire" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire">Russian Empire</a></span></td>

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<td><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="1954-07-27"> July 1954</span>&nbsp;(aged 79)
<span class="deathplace"><a title="Moscow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow">Moscow</a>,&nbsp;<a class="mw-redirect" title="USSR" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR">USSR</a></span></td>

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<td>Theory, Mitogenetic RadiationScientific</td>

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<td class="category"><a title="Developmental biology" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_biology">Developmental biology</a></td>

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<p><strong>Alexander Gavrilovich Gurwitsch</strong>&nbsp;(also&nbsp;<strong>Gurvich, Gurvitch</strong>;&nbsp;<a title="Russian language" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language">Russian</a>:&nbsp;<span lang="ru">Алекса́ндр Гаври́лович Гу́рвич</span>; 1874&ndash;1954) was a&nbsp;<a title="Russia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia">Russian</a> and&nbsp;<a class="mw-redirect" title="USSR" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR">Soviet</a> biologist and medical scientist who originated the&nbsp;<a title="Morphogenetic field" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphogenetic_field">morphogenetic field</a> theory and discovered the&nbsp;<a title="Biophoton" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biophoton">biophoton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gurwitsch#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></p>