Rostislaw Kaischew (; February 16, 1908
O.S. (February 29, 1908 (
N.S.)),
Saint Petersburg
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,
Russian Empire
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– November 19, 2002,
Sofia
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,
Republic of Bulgaria
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) was a
Bulgaria
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n
physicochemist
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and a member of the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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. His most significant contributions to science were within studies of
crystal growth
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and
nucleation
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.
Biography
Kaischew graduated from
Sofia University
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" () is a public university, public research university in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Bulgaria.
Founded on 1 October 1888, the edifice of the university was constr ...
in 1930 and earned his
doctorate
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at Technische Hochschule of
Breslau,
Germany
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in 1932. His doctoral adviser was
Franz Simon
Sir Francis Simon (2 July 1893 – 31 October 1956), was a German and later British physical chemist and physicist who devised the gaseous diffusion method, and confirmed its feasibility, of separating the isotope Uranium-235 and thus made a m ...
.
In 1933, he was appointed an assistant professor at
Sofia University
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" () is a public university, public research university in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Bulgaria.
Founded on 1 October 1888, the edifice of the university was constr ...
, and in 1947 - a professor. At the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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The Academy, with headquarters in Sofia, is autonomous and consists of a S ...
, Kaischew founded the
Institute for Physical Chemistry, and held the position of director there from its creation in 1958 until his retirement in 1989. The Institute is named after him.
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Wulff construction
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Members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bulgarian physical chemists
Sofia University alumni
Scientists from Sofia
1908 births
2002 deaths
20th-century Bulgarian scientists
Members of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin
Recipients of the Cothenius Medal
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