Evgeni Kharadze | |
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| Born | (1907-10-31)31 October 1907 |
| Died | 10 October 2001(2001-10-10) (aged 93) |
| Alma mater | Tbilisi State University |
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| Fields | astronomy |
| Institutions | Tbilisi State University Georgian Academy of Sciences |
Evgeni Kharadze (Georgian:ევგენი ხარაძე; October 31, 1907 – October 10, 2001) was aGeorgian astronomer, public figure and statesman. Member of theAcademy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1984),full member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1955).[1]
Seventeenth rector of theTbilisi State University (1959–1966), vice-president (1972–1980) and president (1980–1986) of theGeorgian SSR Academy of Sciences. Vice-president ofInternational Astronomical Union (1976–1982), director ofAbastumani Astrophysical Observatory (1932–1992). A member of theCommunist Party of the Soviet Union from 1942.[2]
Kharadze was born inTbilisi, October 31, 1907 into the family of an employee of theTranscaucasus Railway. In 1930 he graduated fromTbilisi State University. Since 1949 he has been aProfessor of the same university. Kharadze's monograph “Catalogue of the Color Indices of 14000 Stars and Investigation of Light Absorption in the Galaxy on the Basis of Color Indices of Stars” was published in 1952.[3] He was the author of a fundamental handbook “The Course of General Astrophysics” and two volumes of “Principles of Astronomy” inGeorgian.[4] The asteroid 1247 discovered by theRichard Martin West was named after Evgeni Kharadze.[5]
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