Nikolay Stoyanov

Nikolai Andreev Stojanov (Bulgarian: Николай Андреев Стоянов; 21 November 1883 – 9 October 1968) was an academic and botanist who was among the founders of botany in Bulgaria.

He was author of 190[4] scientific papers published in Bulgaria and abroad, as well as numerous books, such as земеделска ботаника (Agricultural Botany) (1932) and растителна география (Plant Geography) (1951).

Together with Boris Stefanoff he produced the "Flora of Bulgaria" (first issued in 1925 and repeatedly amended and republished), which lists 2,936 species of fern, gymnosperms and angiosperms.

He investigated contemporary and historical plant geography of the Balkans and wrote papers on the vegetation of Pirin, Slavyanka, the Sofia Plain and the Danube islands.

He was author of numerous scientific and popular articles and was Bulgarian regional adviser for Flora Europaea.

Memorial plaque for Acad. Nikolai Stojanov on the facade of his house in Sofia
The house of Acad. Nikolai Stojanov, "William Gladstone" Str., Sofia