Background
Feodosy Krasovsky was born on September 26, 1878, in Galich, Kostroma, Russian Empire (present-day Russian Federation).
1945
Krasovsky received the Order of Lenin in 1945.
Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography, Moscow, Russia
Krasovsky graduated from the Moscow Geodetic Institute (now Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography) in 1900.
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Until 1903 Krasovsky studied physics and mathematics at Moscow University.
Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow, Russia
Krasovsky was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.
A crater on the Moon was named in Krasovsky's honor.
Krasovsky received the USSR Stalin Prize in 1943 and 1952 (posthumously).
Krasovsky received the the Order of the Red Banner.
Pulkovo observatory, Moscow, Russia
Until 1903 Krasovsky studiedastronomy at the Pulkovo observatory.
A portrait of Feodosy Krasovsky.
A portrait of Feodosy Krasovsky.
Феодосий Николаевич Красовский
Astronomer educator geodesist scientist
Feodosy Krasovsky was born on September 26, 1878, in Galich, Kostroma, Russian Empire (present-day Russian Federation).
Krasovsky graduated from the Moscow Geodetic Institute (now Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography) in 1900. Until 1903 he studied physics and mathematics at Moscow University and astronomy at the Pulkovo observatory.
An instructor at the Geodetic Institute from 1902, Krasovsky became professor in 1916 and chairman of higher geodesy in 1921. He was also a vice-president of the Baltic Geodetic Commission.
He reorganized the institutions of higher geodetic study in the U.S.S.R., and his pupils were future Soviet specialists. In his last years Krasovsky studied the earth’s interior by combining geodetic and other geophysical as well as geological data. The figure of the earth now generally accepted differs only slightly from the “Krasovsky spheroid.”
Krasovsky was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.
Krasovsky was probably married, but nothing is known about his family.