Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences (1923), professor (1925), Honored Scientist of the Georgian SSR (1946).
[1] Alexander Janelidze was born on 5 November 1888 in the village of Nikortsminda, Ambrolauri district, Georgia.
For 30 years, Alexander Janelidze ran the Institute of Geology which was founded by him in 1925 at Tbilisi State University.
He also established Georgian Geological Society, which he devotedly chaired until his death.
[4] His scientific works concerned Paleontology, Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Engineering geology, Hydrogeology, Geomorphology, Theoretical geology et al. Alexander Janelidze is the author of more than 150 essays, among them monographs and textbooks.