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Early life
Alexandra Smirnoff was born May 6, 1838 in Vaasa to a Michael Smirnoff, a merchant and Klara Johanna Lindeqvist. She attended school in Vaaza and studied horticulture at Saarela Manor in Vyborg, Russia, under the guidance of Countess Helena Alexandra Stewen-Steinheil. (1) Smirnoff briefly worked at Saarela Manor, which was owned by Countess Stewen-Steinheil, before moving to Sweden to study under pomologist, Olof Eneroth. While there she added new training and editing to Eneroth's book, Handbook of Swedish Pomology, a book that covered tree fruits available in Sweden and their cultivation.(2) Smirnoff returned to Finland in 1875 continuing her career at various institutions, traveling around the country, and publishing field works including A Few Words About Tree Fruit Cultivation and Its Future in Finland written in Swedish and later translated into Finnish. In 1893, Smirnoff began editing the nursery section of Department of Home and Society, a women's magazine published in Helsinki. In recognition for her work, Smirnoff was awarded a state pension in 1907

1 - https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kenraalit/henkilo/412

2 - https://books.google.com/books?id=mK_aUp24M60C&pg=PA650&lpg=PA650&dq=handbook+of+swedish+pomology&source=bl&ots=wCPClt5bYa&sig=ACfU3U3LJaeG3XeNkiaHEc9eI2OiY83Ogg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwic5duJlLPoAhUvlXIEHRhjCBkQ6AEwBXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=handbook%20of%20swedish%20pomology&f=false

Eligio "Kika" de la Garza nickname
His nickname, "Kika" was made famous by Andy Rooney in the early days of his TV show as he referred to "Kiki de la Garza" as one of the names that stuck with him most (in honor of the Kika-Poo Native American Indians of the lower Rio Grande of South Texas).

= Draft:Fletcher Pearre Veitch = Fletcher Pearre Veitch (21 May 1868 - 15 October 1943) was an agricultural chemist he helped establish The Naval Stores Station of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils in Osceola National Forest, east of Lake City, Florida. Veitch authored over 200 research publications on topics such as turpentine, fertilizers, soils, leather, and other textiles.

Early life and education
Fletcher Pearre Veitch was born May 21, 1868 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Fletcher Roberts Veitch and Carolina Virginia (Pearre) Veitch. Veitch grew up on a farm and received his early education Montgomery Country Maryland public schools. He we on to earn his bachelor's degree from Maryland Agricultural College, his masters from George Washington University, and his doctorate from the University of Maryland. He married Laura T. Boyle in 1896, and they raised four children, Caroline, Isabel, Helen, and Fletcher Pearre Jr.