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Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy

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Ivan Meshcherskiy
Иван Мещерский
Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshchersky
Born10 August [O.S. 29 July] 1859
Died7 January 1935(1935-01-07) (aged 75)
NationalityRussian, Soviet
Alma materSaint Petersburg Imperial University
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorPafnuty Chebyshev
Doctoral studentsAleksey Krylov, Gury Kolosov, Alexander Friedmann

Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshchersky (Russian: Ива́н Все́володович Меще́рский, 1859–1935) was a Russian Empire and Soviet mathematician who gained fame for his work on mechanics, notably the motion of bodies of variable mass.

Biography

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Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy was born in Arkhangelsk. After graduation from Arkhangelsk Gymnasium, Meshcherskiy studied mathematics at the Saint Petersburg Imperial University from 1878 to 1882.


References

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  • O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews