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Alexander Voeikov

1842 - 1916

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Alexander Ivanovich Voeikov (Александр Иванович Воейков, 20 May 1842 – 9 February 1916) was a Russian meteorologist and climatologist who was involved in establishing meteorological stations across Russia. He took an interest in the interconnection of meteorological processes and long term climate. He described a Siberian high pressure area extending into South West Europe which is known as the Voeikov Axis. Voeikov was born in Moscow to Ivan Fedorovich but orphaned at the age of five, he was raised by his maternal uncle D. D. Mervago. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Voeikov is the 565th most popular astronomer (down from 467th in 2019), the 2,294th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,950th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Russian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alexander Voeikov ranks 565 out of 644. Before him are Kazimierz Kordylewski, John Dobson, Lawrence H. Aller, Carlos Torres, Kazuro Watanabe, and Maura Tombelli. After him are Korado Korlević, Alexandre Schaumasse, Michel Giacobini, Thomas Bopp, Richard A. Proctor, and Alfred Schmitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Alexander Voeikov ranks 99. Before him are Nikolai Menshutkin, Agnes Mary Clerke, Pyotr Durnovo, Charles Lapworth, Josef Labor, and Mary MacKillop. After him are Henry Hyndman, Elliott Coues, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Phoebe Hearst, and Sidney Lanier. Among people deceased in 1916, Alexander Voeikov ranks 145. Before him are Charles Dawson, Aeneas Mackintosh, Gorch Fock, Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Charles Ericksen, and Guido Gozzano. After him are Lydia Zvereva, Hermann Martens, Tom Clarke, Joseph Plunkett, George Butterworth, and Wilhelm Lützow.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Voeikov ranks 2,294 out of 3,761. Before him are Lyudmila Titova (1946), Igor Maslennikov (1931), Vilis Krištopans (1954), Boris Shchukin (1894), Ravil Maganov (1954), and Yuri Zhirkov (1983). After him are Vladimir Kolokoltsev (1961), Alexander Volkov (1964), Andrei Chesnokov (1966), Tatyana Talysheva (1937), Yevgeniya Simonova (1955), and Vladimir Bogomolov (1924).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Russia

Among astronomers born in Russia, Alexander Voeikov ranks 18. Before him are Lyudmila Karachkina (1948), Pelageya Shajn (1894), Matvey Gusev (1826), Karl Ludwig Littrow (1811), Lidiya Tseraskaya (1855), and Pavel Shternberg (1865).

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