Education
Rumovsky studied in Berlin under Leonhard Euler.
Rumovsky studied in Berlin under Leonhard Euler.
He taught mathematics and astronomy at the University of Saint St. Petersburg from 1756 to 1812 and held numerous important positions in the Saint St. Petersburg Academy, including director of the geography department from 1766 to 1786 and director of the observatory and professor of astronomy from 1763 until his death. At some point, he became a vice-president of the Academy of Sciences. Rumovsky joined the Russian School Administration Board in 1803 and was responsible for several reforms.
As superintendent of the Kazan Department of Education between 1803 and 1812 he played a major role in the founding of Kazan University.
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He was appointed an honorary foreign member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1763.