Grigori Levitski (27 October 1852

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

– 26 October 1918

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) was a Russian astronomer. In 1879 he graduated from

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. In 1880s he worked at

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. 1894-1908 he was the head of

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. 1901-1905 he was the president of Estonian Naturalists' Society. 1903-1905 he was the rector of the

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. From 1915 he was the chairman of Russian Astronomical Society.

Works

* The Histories of the Observatories of Kharkov and Tartu (1894, 1899) * The Lexicon of Professors of Tartu University (1902-1903)

References

1852 births 1918 deaths 19th-century astronomers from the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian astronomers Scientists from Kharkiv Academic staff of the University of Tartu Rectors of the University of Tartu Saint Petersburg State University alumni {{Russia-academic-bio-stub