Alexander Javakhishvili Scientist
Alexander Nikolayevich Javakhishvili (Georgian: ალექსანდრე ნიკოლოზის ძე ჯავახიშვილი;) born 5 August 1875 (Old Style Julian Calendar), 17 August 1875 (New Style Gregorian Calendar) in Gori, Georgia—died January 22, 1973, Tbilisi, Georgia) was a Georgian geographer and anthropologist.Professor A. N. Javakhishvili was one of the oldest geographers and anthropologists in the Soviet Union. He was the founder of Soviet Georgian geography which, under him, developed into a school.His qualifications and awards include Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1937), recognition as an Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1944), a Merited Scientist, an honorary member of the USSR Geographic Society, and winner of a State Prize of the Georgian SSR.