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'''George Vernadsky''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Гео́ргий Влади́мирович Верна́дский; August 20, 1887 – June 12, 1973) was a
== European years ==
[[File:1903-Poltava-Vernadsky-Georgy-Nina.jpg|thumb|left|George Vernadsky and his sister Nina]]
Born in [[Saint Petersburg]] on August 20, 1887, Vernadsky stemmed from a respectable family of the Russian [[intelligentsia]]. His father was [[Vladimir Vernadsky]], a famous Russian geologist.<ref name=r1/><ref name=r2/>
He entered the [[Moscow University]] (where his father was professor) in 1905 but, due to the disturbances of the [[First Russian Revolution]], had to spend the next two years in Germany, at the [[Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg]] and the [[University of Berlin]], where he imbibed the doctrines of [[Heinrich Rickert]].<ref name=r1/><ref name=r2/>
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Politically close to the [[kadet]] party (of which his father was one of the leaders), Vernadsky began his career as a supporter of liberal ideas, authoring the biographies of [[Nikolai Novikov]] and [[Pavel Milyukov]]. During the years of the [[Russian Civil War]] (1917–1920), he lectured for a year in [[Perm]]. He then taught in [[Kiev]] and then followed the [[White Army]] to [[Simferopol]], where he taught at the local university for two years.
After the fall of [[Crimea]] to the [[Bolshevik]]s in 1920, Vernadsky left his native country for [[
[[File:George Vernadsky 1908.jpg|left|thumb|Vernadsky in [[Poltava]] in 1908]]
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