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Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov

1875 - 1960

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Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov (Russian: Гавриил Адрианович Тихов, 1 May 1875 – 25 January 1960) was a Soviet astronomer who was a pioneer in astrobiology and is considered to be the father of astrobotany. He worked as an observer at the Pulkovo Observatory from 1906 until 1941. After undertaking an expedition to Alma-Ata to observe the solar eclipse of September 21, 1941, he remained and became one of the founders of the Kamenskoe Plateau Observatory, the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, and the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences. G. A. Tikhov was born in Smolevichy, near Minsk, in the family of a railway employee, the family often moved from place to place. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov is the 536th most popular astronomer (down from 518th in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Belarus (up from 179th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belarusian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov ranks 536 out of 644. Before him are Anne Sewell Young, György Kulin, David Todd Wilkinson, Ewine van Dishoeck, Frank Shu, and Kenzo Suzuki. After him are Benjamin Banneker, John Huchra, John Stanley Plaskett, Ernest Esclangon, María Teresa Ruiz, and Karl Ludwig Littrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov ranks 173. Before him are Joseph Dempsey, Béla Békessy, Charles Gondouin, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Tomás Berreta, and Františka Plamínková. After him are Johan Edman, Matt McGrath, Karl Malmström, Émile Wegelin, Kaʻiulani, and Charles Ericksen. Among people deceased in 1960, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov ranks 193. Before him are Ettore Chimeri, Lewis Sheldon, André Jousseaume, August Gailit, Leonard Warren, and Algisto Lorenzato. After him are Vladimir Dimitrov, Vicente Piera, Gustaf Lindblom, Gregory Ratoff, Alfred E. Green, and Harry Ferguson.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov ranks 162 out of 368. Before him are Thaddeus Bulgarin (1789), Victoria Azarenka (1989), Jakub Szynkiewicz (1884), Masha Bruskina (1924), Mikhail Chigir (1948), and Nina Andrycz (1912). After him are Boris Galerkin (1871), Leonid Shvartsman (1920), Maja Berezowska (1893), Leonid Taranenko (1956), Sergey Gritsevets (1909), and Walter Anderson (1885).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Belarus

Among astronomers born in Belarus, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov ranks 2. Before him are Wilhelm Anderson (1880).

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