Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy

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.

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

Biography

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