Russian Botanist's Name?

[Potter Wickware]

	I didn't hear the broadcast, but it sounds like NI Vavilov, who
not only greatly expanded the collection started by RE Regel in 1890, but
was a hero of the battle of Leningrad.  See the memoir in Diversity
7(4):10, May 1991.  
	Potter Wickware wick at netcom.com

On 3 Feb 1993 goldsmig at cgsvax.claremont.edu wrote:

> A recent radio broadcast of "Sound Prints" featured a Russian botanist (?)
> who gained international fame for his collection of seeds and whose career
> spanned the first half (?) of this century.
> 
> Can someone help me with the name of this gentleman and, if possible, the
> title of his primary work?  Thank you very much in advance.
> 
> George Goldsmith
>