Evgraf Fedorov Jr.

Yevgraf Yevgrafovich Fyodorov
Born(1880-11-20)20 November 1880
Saint Petersburg
Died19 July 1965(1965-07-19) (aged 84)
Moscow
Alma materSaint Petersburg State University

Yevgraf Yevgrafovich Fyodorov (Russian: Евграф Евграфович Фёдоров; 20 November [O.S. 8 November] 1880 in Saint Petersburg – 19 July 1965 in Moscow), was a climatologist. He was a son of Russian mathematician Yevgraf Fyodorov.[1]

Graduation from the University of Saint Petersburg 1910. Researcher in the Magneto-Meteorological Observatory, Pavlovsk 1911-1934, professor of geography with the USSR Academy of Sciences 1934-1951. Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences from 1946.[2]

Fyodorov's main contribution consisted in detailed development in descriptive climatology, with a method to describe local climates in terms of daily weather observations.[3]

  1. ^ "Fyodorov, Yevgraph Yevgraphovich". Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1969–1978. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "Soviet men of science; academicians and corresponding members of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR" page 104
  3. ^ WMO Guide to Climatological Practices