Stoycho Vassilev Breskovski

Stoycho Vassilev Breskovski
Stoycho Vassilev Breskovski
Стойчо Василев Бресковски
	Dr. Breskovski with students during a fossilling day in 1981. He never considered himself a rock star or a hunter.
Born	25 December 1934; Granit, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria
Died	15 January 2004 (aged 69); Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria
Resting place	Central Sofia Cemetery; 42°43.074′N 23°19.904′E / 42.717900°N 23.331733°E
Nationality	Bulgarian
Citizenship	Bulgaria
Alma mater	Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Spouse(s)	Nonka Motekova (m. 1962; his death 2004)
Relatives	Vesselina Breskovska (sister)
	Scientific career
Fields	Barremian Palaeontology and Stratigraphy
Institutions	National Museum of Natural History (Bulgaria); Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Doctoral advisor	Vassil Tzankov
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Breskovski

Valdedorsella (Puzralpella) haugi (Breskovski), Mortagonovo, Razgrad province, Lower Barremian, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology

Stoycho Vassilev Breskovski (Bulgarian: Стойчо Василев Бресковски) (December 25, 1934, Granit, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria – January 15, 2004, Sofia, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian paleontologist.^[1]^[2]

Biography[]

Stoycho Breskovski was the only son of educators Vassil Stoychev Breskovski (1902 - 1978) and Paraskeva (née Nedelcheva Slavova) Breskovska (1906 - 1988). He studied geology at Sofia University and graduated in 1958.^[2] Then, he took active part in Bulgarian geological survey and in the preparation of the geologic map of Bulgaria at scale of 1:200,000. Later Dr. Breskovski was noted for his research on Lower Cretaceous, Barremian fauna.^[3] He was also credited for discovering, identifying and discerning several families, subfamilies, genera and species of ammonites.

From 1974 to 1995 Breskovski had been research associate and curator of the paleontology collection at the National Museum of Natural History (Bulgaria) in Sofia.^[2] He contributed to the geology collections at the natural history museums in the Bulgarian cities of Elena, Rousse, Razgrad, and Shumen. In later age he tried to reconcile his various hobbies of collecting stamps, pocket calendars, phillumeny and philately with science. His older sister, Vesselina Breskovska, was professor of mineralogy, dean and vice rector at Sofia University. He was survived by his wife of 42 years and fellow paleontologist, Nona Motekova,^[4] a son and a daughter, a granddaughter and a grandson, and a siamese cat. A genus of Lower Cretateous ammonites was named in his honour.^[5]^[6]

Selected bibliography[]

V. Tzankov, S. Breskovski (1985), Ammonites des familles Holcodiscidae Spath, 1924 et Astieridiscidae Tzankov & Breskovski, 1982. II. Description paléontologique, Geologica Balcanica, 15.5, 3-53.
V. Tzankov, S. Breskovski (1985), Ammonites des familles Holcodiscidae Spath, 1924 et Astieridiscidae Tzankov & Breskovski, 1982. I. Stratigraphie et notes phylogénétiques, Geologica Balcanica, 15.3, 45-62.
V. Tzankov, S Breskovski (1982), Volume et contenu de la famille Holcodiscidae Spath, 1924, C.R. Acad. bulg. Sci., 35, 4, 491-93.
St. Breskovski (1980), Des genres nouveaux du Crétacé inférieur de la famille Desmoceratidae Zittel, 1895 (Ammonoidea). C.R. Acad. bulg. Sci., 33, 2; 245-48.
St Breskovski (1977), Sur la classification de la famille Desmoceratidae Zittel, 1895 (Ammonoidea, Crétacé), C. R. Acad. bul. sci, 30, 6: 891-4.
St. Breskovski (1977), Genres nouveaux du Crétacé inférieur de la famille Desmoceratidae Zittel, 1895 (Ammonoidea). C.R. Acad. bulg. Sci., 30, 10; 1463-65.
S. Breskovski (1975), Les zones et sous-zones ammonitiques dans l'étage Barrémien en Bulgarie du Nord-Est, Geologica Balcanica, N.S., 5, 46-66.
St. Breskovski (1967), Eleniceras - genre nouveau d'ammonites hautériviens, Bull. Geol. Inst., Ser. Paleontology, 16: 47-52.
T. Nikolov, St. Breskovski, (1969), Abrytusites – nouveau genre d’ammonites barrémiennes. Bull. Geol. Inst., ser. Paleontology, 18, 91-96.
Стойчо Бресковски (1966), Биостратиграфия на барема южно от Брестак, Варненско [Biostratigaphie du Barrémien au Sud du village de Brestak, dans la région de Varna], Тр. Геолог Бълг., сер. Палеонтология, 8, 71-121.

Notes[]

^ International Palaeontological Union (I.P.U.) (1968). Westermann, G.E.G. (ed.). Directory of Palaeontologists of the World (excl. Soviet Union & continental China) (2 ed.). Hamilton, Ontario: McMaster University. pp. 14, 186. Retrieved 21 December 2016 – via Internet Archive.
^ ^a ^b ^c Tchoumatchenco, Platon; Nikolov, Todor (2016). "Compendium of Bulgarian Palaeontologists (1896-December 31, 2015). Part I. A-K" (PDF). Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society. 77 (1): 114–115.
^ See Vašíček, Zdeněk; Rabrenović, Dragoman; Radulović, Vladan J.; Radulović, Barbara V.; Mojsić, Ivana (April 2013). "Ammonoids (Desmoceratoidea and Silesitoidea) from the Late Barremian of Boljetin, eastern Serbia". Cretaceous Research. 41: 41–42. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.10.002.
^ Tzankov V., A. Pamouktchiev, V. Tchechmedjeva, N. Motekova (1981). Les fossiles de Bulgarie: Crétacé supérieur. Grandes foraminifères, Anthozoaires, Gastéropodes, Bivalvia. Sofia: Éditions de L'Académie bulgare des sciences.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
^ VERMEULEN, J.; LAZARIN P. (2007). "Nouvelles données sur les Ancyloceratoidea Gill, 1871 (Ancyloceratina Wiedmann, 1966 emend Vermeulen, 2005) du Barrémien supérieur et de l'Aptien inférieur". Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice. Nice. XXII: 27–86.
^ Vermeulen, Jean; Damais, Laurent; Lépinay, Patrick (2015). "Nouvelles données sur le genre Breskovskiceras Vermeulen & Lazarin, 2007 et sur son espèce-type". Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice. XXX: 13–28.