caption death_date work_institution birth_place citizenship nationality field birth_date known_for spouse prizes image article_title name alma_mater
raphael zon october 27 , 1956 united states forest service simbirsk , russia united states -lrb- naturalized -rrb- russian forestry december 1 , 1874 first 's forests ; first complete map of native vegetation of attempt united states ; technical director , prairie states forestry project of ; pioneered studies of the relation of forests to streams a and flooding systematic inventory of the earth anna puziriskaya gifford pinchot medal raphael zon usfs.gif raphael zon
 raphael zon kazan university ; cornell university
raphael zon

raphael zon -lrb- december 1 , 1874 - october 27 , 1956 -rrb- was a prominent u.s. forest service researcher .
