Adolf Weniaminowitsch Butkewitsch
Adolf Weniaminowitsch Butkewitsch ( Russian Адольф Вениаминович Буткевич , scientific. Transliteration Adolf Veniaminovič Butkevič * June 5 jul. / 18th June 1914 greg. In Tissul , Tomsk Governorate ; † 11. July 1983 in Lviv ) was a Soviet scientist in the field the Geodetic Astronomy , the spherical geodesy and mathematical cartography .
Life
From 1932 to 1935 he trained as a surveyor and attended a university preparatory course at the State University in Tomsk . From 1935 to 1940 he studied at the astronomical faculty of the State University of Architecture and Construction in Novosibirsk .
In 1950 Butkewitsch received his doctorate as a candidate for science (equivalent to the German doctorate), and he wrote his habilitation thesis in 1964. Until 1966 he was professor of higher geodesy and from 1968 to 1974 head of the institute for higher geodesy and astronomy at the National Polytechnic University in Lemberg and thus also head of the university's astronomical observatory . Then he continued to work as a professor of geodesy and astronomy.
Butkewitsch is the author of several scientific monographs on geodesy and astronomy.
Awards
- 1945: Medal "For heroic work in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- 1945: Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- 1969: Medal of Merit for Geodesy and Cartography from the Office for Geodesy and Cartography
- Lomonosov Medal of the All Union Society "Knowledge"
1980 Butkewitsch was elected honorary member of the Astronomical and Geodetic All Union Society. For his chess compositions he was awarded the title "Master of Sports of the USSR".
Web links
- Національний університет "Львівська політехніка" Інститут геодезії, Кафедра вищої геодезіїі астрономії: Завідувачі кафедри ( Memento of 22 December 2012 at the Web archive archive.today ); German: National Polytechnic University of Lemberg, Institute for Geodesy, Chair for Higher Geodesy and Astronomy: Head of the Chair.
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| SURNAME | Butkewitsch, Adolf Weniaminowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Butkevič, Adol̂f V .; Буткевич, Адольф Вениаминович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet scientist in the field of geodetic astronomy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tissul , Tomsk Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 1983 |
| Place of death | Lviv |