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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Voeikov has received more than 3,249 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Voeikov is the 446th most popular astronomer, the 1,812th most popular biography from Russia and the 12th most popular Russian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alexander Voeikov ranks 446 out of 531. Before him are William Rutter Dawes, Charles Piazzi Smyth, William Henry Smyth, John Stanley Plaskett, Beatrice Tinsley, and Agnes Mary Clerke. After him are Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Michel Giacobini, Patrick Moore, Harold D. Babcock, Takeshi Urata, and Stephen P. Synnott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Alexander Voeikov ranks 83. Before him are Stefanos Dragoumis, Alphons Czibulka, Calixa Lavallée, Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, Hugo Egmont Hørring, and Agnes Mary Clerke. After him are Albert Ladenburg, Nikolai Menshutkin, Hannibal Sehested, João Barbosa Rodrigues, Mary MacKillop, and Henry Hyndman. Among people deceased in 1916, Alexander Voeikov ranks 123. Before him are Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Josiah Royce, Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Georgios Theotokis, Cleveland Abbe, and Daniel Oliver. After him are Charles Booth, Guido Romano, Mary Everest Boole, Lorenzo Latorre, Tom Clarke, and Béla Békessy.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Voeikov ranks 1,812 out of 3,262. Before him are Daniil Kvyat (1994), Gennadi Volnov (1939), Anna Chapman (1982), Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann (1861), Natalia Molchanova (1962), and Marina Ratner (1938). After him are Dmitry Anuchin (1843), Andrey Zaliznyak (1935), Fyodor Volkov (1729), Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936), Alexandr Romankov (1953), and Yelena Shushunova (1969).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Russia

Among astronomers born in Russia, Alexander Voeikov ranks 12. Before him are Vladimir Kotelnikov (1908), Lyudmila Zhuravleva (1946), Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908), Lyudmila Karachkina (1948), Benjamin Jekhowsky (1881), and Pelageya Shajn (1894). After him are Matvey Gusev (1826), Aristarkh Belopolsky (1854), and Pavel Shternberg (1865).

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