Aristarkh Belopolsky

Aristarkh Belopolsky
Аристарх Белопольский
Born(1854-07-01)July 1, 1854
DiedMay 16, 1934(1934-05-16) (aged 79)
EducationAcademician
Alma materImperial Moscow University (1840)
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsPulkovo Observatory

Aristarkh Apollonovich Belopolsky (Аристарх Аполлонович Белопольский; July 13 [O.S. July 1] 1854 – 16 May 1934) was a Russian Empire and later Soviet astronomer. He was born in Moscow but his father's ancestors are from a Serbian town called Belo Polje.[1] Adjunct professor since 1900, extraordinary (1903) and ordinary (1906) academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences.

  1. ^ Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012.