Wassili Wassiljewitsch Nikitin (mineralogist)

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Wassili Wassiljewitsch Nikitin ( Russian Василий Васильевич Никитин ; * 1867 in St. Petersburg , † before March 8, 1942 in Laibach ) was a Russian crystallographer , mineralogist and university professor .

Life

The priest's son Nikitin attended grammar school with graduation in 1886. He then began studying at the University of St. Petersburg , before moving to the St. Petersburg Mining Institute after 8 semesters . After completing his studies in 1895, he conducted geological surveys in the Urals in the Ujesd Verkhoturje under the direction of Yevgraf Stepanowitsch Fyodorov . On January 1, 1900, Nikitin became Fyodorov's assistant at the Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography at the Mining Institute.

In 1901 Nikitin defended his dissertation for appointment as an adjunct , so that in November 1901 he became an associate professor at the Mining Institute. In 1905 he was appointed inspector of the Mining Institute (until 1909). In 1906 he became a full professor of the chair for mineralogy and crystallography of the mining institute. In 1914 he was elected chairman of the disciplinary court for professors. He was a State Councilor (5th rank ) and received the Order of St. Anne in 1915 . In March 1917 he was unanimously elected director of the Mining Institute. After the October Revolution , he gave up this post at his own request in February 1918. In 1918 he was a member of the Mining Institute's Economic Committee.

As Fyodorov's successor, Nikitin had continued his research. He improved Fyodorov's research methods and developed new methods and tools that have retained their value. In particular, he creatively expanded Fyodorov's universal method of optical investigation of minerals . One of his students was Alexander Nikolayevich Savaritsky .

In 1922 Nikitin left the mining institute at his own request and emigrated to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia . In 1925 he became a professor at the technical faculty of the University of Ljubljana .

The Russian émigré magazine Novoje Slovo , published in Berlin from 1933 to 1944 , reported in its number 19 on March 8, 1942 Nikitin's death.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Научное наследие России: Никитин Василий Васильевич (accessed October 24, 2018).
  2. ↑ a b Никитин (Василий Васильевич) . In: Brockhaus-Efron . доп. т. II, 1906, p. 281 ( Wikisource [accessed October 24, 2018]).
  3. ^ Nikitin WW: Contribution to the universal method. To determine the birefringence . In: Journal of Crystallography . tape XXXIII , 1900.
  4. ↑ Новоө слово = Novoye Slovo = The New Word (accessed October 24, 2018).
personal data
SURNAME Nikitin, Wassili Wassiljewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Никитин, Василий Васильевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian crystallographer, mineralogist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1942
Place of death Laibach