Evgraf Fedorov Jr.

Yevgraf Yevgrafovich Fyodorov
Yevgraf Yevgrafovich Fyodorov
Born	20 November 1880; Saint Petersburg
Died	19 July 1965 (aged 84); Moscow
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg State University

Yevgraf Yevgrafovich Fyodorov (Russian: Евграф Евграфович Фёдоров; 20 November [O.S. 8 November] 1880 in Saint Petersburg – 19 July 1965 in Moscow), was a climatologist. He was a son of Russian mathematician Yevgraf Fyodorov.^[1]

Graduation from the University of Saint Petersburg 1910. Researcher in the Magneto-Meteorological Observatory, Pavlovsk 1911-1934, professor of geography with the USSR Academy of Sciences 1934-1951. Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences from 1946.^[2]

Fyodorov's main contribution consisted in detailed development in descriptive climatology, with a method to describe local climates in terms of daily weather observations.^[3]

Bibliography

Climate as an aggregate of weather. Journal of Meteorology, #7 (1925).
Distribution and type of precipitation in the plains of the European part of the USSR in the summer. Works of the USSR Academy of Sciences Institute of Geography, #28 (1938).
with A. I. Baranov: Climate and Weather of the European Part of the USSR. (1949).

Biography

Ya. I. Feldman: Yevgraf Yevgrafovich Fedorov. Izvest. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Geogr., #1 (1956).

References

^ "Fyodorov, Yevgraph Yevgraphovich". Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1969–1978. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
^ "Soviet men of science; academicians and corresponding members of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR" page 104
^ WMO Guide to Climatological Practices

[GSE-1] "Fyodorov, Yevgraph Yevgraphovich". Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1969–1978. Retrieved March 20, 2011.

[2] "Soviet men of science; academicians and corresponding members of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR" page 104

[3] WMO Guide to Climatological Practices

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