We got information about Hawsche Genkel, who emigrated at christmas 1888 - beeing 16 years old - aboard at the SS Ohio from Russia to New York. Unfortunately there is no further trace of him.
Alexander G. Genkel was one of the founding
fathers of the Perm State University on October 14, 1916.
He was not only an outstanding botanist, who laid the corner stone of the University Botanical Garden, but
also a brilliant lecturer, polyglot and erudite, who embodied the characteristic feature of his time -
universalism. Besides his professional articles on biology he offered his own versions of translation
of "Utopia" by Thomas Moore and "Sun City" by Tomazo Campanella, was in the mainstream of poetry and
published critical essays in it.It was not only Alexander Genkel whose life was closely interwoven with the University and the city, but also several generations of his family. His sons have also been specialised in botany, but his daughter Maria Genkel headed the Russian Language and General Linguistics Department for many years. His grandson, professor A.G.Voronov, is a reputed ecologist, playing a prominent part in conservation and nature of the Urals region.
Pavel A. Genkel was an important scientist in the 20th Century, too.
As a plant physiologist and a corresponding member of Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, he made a series
of important discoveries - not merely theoretical but practical also of great importance. He was the author of
8 monographs and 5 textbooks, e.g. a handbook of systematic botany.