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Soviet astronomer and geodesist
Feodosy Nikolayevich Krasovsky
Феодосий Николаевич Красовский
Born26 September 1878
Galich, Russian Empire
DiedOctober 1, 1948
Moscow, Soviet Union
EducationMezhevoy (land surveying) Institute (Moscow)
Occupation(s)Astronomer and geodesist

Feodosy Nikolayevich Krasovsky (Russian: Феодосий Николаевич Красовский; 26 September  [O.S. 14 September] 1878 – October 1, 1948) was a Russian and Soviet astronomer and geodesist. He was born in Galich. In 1900 he graduated from the Mezhevoy (land surveying) Institute in Moscow; in 1907 he began working as a lecturer there.

Research work

At the end of 1928 the Central Research Institute of Geodesy, Aerial Surveying and Cartography (TsNIIGAiK) was founded on his initiative; he worked there as a director (1928–1930) and as a deputy director of science (1930–1937). Between 1924 and 1930 Krasovsky headed astronomical, geodetical and cartographical works in the Soviet Union. He worked out the theory and methods of construction of the national geodetical network of the USSR and solved related problems of topography and gravimetry works. Krasovsky and another Soviet geodesist, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Izotov, in 1940 defined dimensions of an ellipsoid which was named the Krasovsky ellipsoid and was later used as a reference ellipsoid in the Soviet Union and other countries until the 1990s. In 1939 Krasovsky became the Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.

Krasovsky died in Moscow in 1948.

Awards

In 2024 the Government of the Russian Federation established a prize in the field of geodesy and cartography in honoгr of Feodosiy Nikolaevich Krasovsky.

See also

Citations and notes

  1. p.25, Farbman
  2. p.496, Gillispie
  3. Guelke
  4. p.464, The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
  5. "Кабмин учредил премию в области геодезии и картографии имени Феодосия Красовского". TACC (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-11-27.

References

  • Gillispie Coulston, Charles, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, v.7, American Council of Learned Societies, Scribner, 1972
  • Farbman, Michael, Europa, Europa publications limited, 1930
  • Surveying and Mapping: quarterly publication of American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, v.23, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, United States Superintendent of Documents, Superintendent of Documents, 1963
  • Guelke, Leonard, Cartographica, York University (Toronto, Ont.), Department of Geography, Canadian Cartographic Association, University of Toronto Press, 1971

External links

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