Konstantin Matwejewitsch Feofilaktow
Konstantin Matveyevich Feofilaktow ( Russian Константин Матвеевич Феофилактов ; born October 20, jul. / 1. November 1818 greg. In St. Petersburg , Russian Empire , † January 21 . Jul / 3. February 1901 greg. In Kiev , Russian Empire) was a Russian geologist , founder of the Kiev School of Geology and Petrography and Rector of St. Vladimir University of Kiev from 1880 to 1881 .
Life
Feofilaktov went to school in Saint Petersburg and studied physics and mathematics there from 1832 to December 1841 at the main pedagogical institute ( Главный педагогический институт ). In 1842 he went to the Urals to study geology there and from 1843 he stayed for two years to study in Scandinavia.
From mid-1845 he was employed at the Institute of Mineralogy and Geology at St. Vladimir University and in 1851 was awarded a doctorate in natural sciences. In that year he also discovered the Ilyinets crater, a buried impact crater in the east of what is now Vinnytsia Oblast, while searching for mineral deposits in right-bank Ukraine .
In 1871 he became a full professor of mineralogy and geology and from 1877 to 1880 and from 1884 to 1887 he was dean of the faculty of physics and mathematics at the University of Kiev. In 1880 he became rector of the university, but gave up the office in 1881 due to his deteriorating health.
Feofilaktow created detailed geological maps, which in 1876 was awarded the first prize of the Mineralogical Society of Saint Petersburg and formed the basis of national cartography . He created a mineralogical laboratory with a large library at the university and bequeathed his geological collection with over 3000 valuable exhibits to her. Feofilaktov died in Kiev and was buried in the Baikowe cemetery .
Honors
Feofilaktow was a member of numerous scientific societies in Russia, had the rank of a privy councilor and received many orders and honors. Including:
- 1858 Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class
- 1864 Russian Order of Saint Anne 2nd class
- 1873 Order of St. Vladimir 3rd class
- 1877 Order of St. Stanislaus 1st class
- 1881 Russian Order of Saint Anne 1st Class
Web links
- Феофилактов in the Brockhaus-Efron , Энциклопедия Брокгауза Ф.А. и Ефрона И.А. (1890 - 1916гг.) (Russian)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Diamonds from aliens ... ; accessed on December 30, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ a b biography on the website of the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev ; accessed on December 31, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feofilaktow, Konstantin Matwejewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Феофилактов, Константин Матвеевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian geologist and rector of Kiev University |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1901 |
| Place of death | Kiev , Russian Empire |