Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy Explained

Ivan Meshcherskiy
Иван Мещерский
Birth Place:Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality:Russian, Soviet
Alma Mater:Saint Petersburg Imperial University
Doctoral Advisor:Pafnuty Chebyshev
Doctoral Students:Aleksey Krylov, Gury Kolosov, Alexander Friedmann

Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshchersky (Russian: Ива́н Все́володович Меще́рский, 1859–1935) was a Russian Empire and Soviet mathematician who gained fame for his work on mechanics, notably the motion of bodies of variable mass.

Biography

Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy was born in Arkhangelsk. After graduation from Arkhangelsk Gymnasium, Meshcherskiy studied mathematics at the Saint Petersburg Imperial University from 1878 to 1882.