Grigori Levitski

Grigori Levitski
Grigori Levitski in 1890
Born(1852-10-27)27 October 1852
Died26 October 1918(1918-10-26) (aged 65)
Alma materSt. Petersburg University
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
Institutions

Grigori Levitski (27 October 1852 Kharkiv – 26 October 1918 St. Petersburg) was a Russian astronomer.[1]

In 1879 he graduated from St. Petersburg University. His dissertation was entitled "On the Determination of Orbits of Double Stars".[1] In 1880s he worked at Pulkovo Observatory.[2] He then directed Kharkiv Observatory from 1883 to 1894; he was succeeded by Ludwig von Struve.[3]

From 1894 to 1908 he was the head of Tartu Observatory. During 1901-1905 he was the president of Estonian Naturalists' Society. From 1903 to 1905 he was also the rector of the Imperial University of Dorpat.[2]

From 1915 he was the chairman of Russian Astronomical Society.[2]

Works

  • On the existence of a resisting medium in celestial space (1877) [1]
  • On a method for determining polar heights (1891) [1]
  • The Histories of the Observatories of Kharkov and Tartu (1894, 1899)
  • The Lexicon of Professors of Tartu University (1902-1903)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Levytskyi Hryhoriy Vasylovych". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Tartu Observatory". www.muuseum.ut.ee. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Kharkov Observatory Ukraine". Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy. Retrieved November 20, 2025.