Grigori Levitski (27 October 1852

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) was a Russian astronomer. In 1879 he graduated from

St. Petersburg University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the ...

. In 1880s he worked at

Pulkovo Observatory The Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory (russian: Пулковская астрономическая обсерватория, Pulkovskaya astronomicheskaya observatoriya), officially named the Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academ ...

. 1894-1908 he was the head of

Tartu Observatory The Tartu Observatory ( et, Tartu Observatoorium) is the largest astronomical observatory in Estonia. On 1 January 2018, Tartu Observatory was joined again to the University of Tartu, and the observatory is now an institute of the university. I ...

. 1901-1905 he was the president of

Estonian Naturalists' Society Estonian Naturalists' Society ( et, Eesti Looduseuurijate Selts, ELUS) is the oldest Estonia-based society of naturalists. It was founded in 1853, and since establishing has been the major scientific organisation focusing on natural history of E ...

. 1903-1905 he was the rector of

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. From 1915 he was the chairman of

Russian Astronomical Society The Russian Astronomical Society (russian: Русское астрономическое общество was a society established in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1891 for the promotion of astronomy related studies. In 1894 the society also started ...

Works

* The Histories of the Observatories of Kharkov and Tartu (1894, 1899) * The Lexicon of Professors of Tartu University (1902-1903)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Levitski, Grigori 1852 births 1918 deaths Russian astronomers Scientists from Kharkiv Academic staff of the University of Tartu Rectors of the University of Tartu Saint Petersburg State University alumni