Alexander Ivanovich Wojeikow

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Alexander Ivanovich Woeikow

Alexander Ivanovich Wojeikow ( Russian Александр Иванович Воейков ; born May 20, 1842 in Moscow ; † 1916 ) was a Russian traveler and meteorologist .

Wojeikow studied natural sciences in Saint Petersburg , Heidelberg, Berlin and Göttingen, visited the most important meteorological institutions in Europe from 1868–70, repeatedly traveled to the Caucasus and spent the winter of 1870–72 as secretary of the meteorological commission of the Russian Geographical Society in Petersburg, mainly processing the Observations of rain and thunderstorms. 1873-75 he traveled all over America from Manitoba to Rio de Janeiro , during which tour he worked out his "Winds of the globe", then until January 1877 India, Java and Japan. Since 1882 he worked as a professor of physical geography at the University of St. Petersburg. In addition to a number of papers in German, he published in various journals:

  • "The atmospheric circulation " (in the additions to "Petermanns Mitteilungen", Gotha 1874) and
  • "The Earth's Climates" (Jena 1887)
  • "The Influence of a Snow Cover on Soil, Climate and Weather" (Vienna 1889).

Wojeikow was also secretary of the St. Petersburg Vegetarian Society. In Antarctica, the Wojeikow Ice Shelf and the Nunatak Gora Voejkova bear his name.

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SURNAME Wojeikow, Alexander Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Воейков, Александр Иванович (Russian); Alexander Woeikow
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian traveler and meteorologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH 1916