Shidlovskij Andriy Petrovich General data:
17.11.1818 - 07.05.1892
Place of birth: Grushevka village, Voronezh province, Russian Empire (now Voronezh region, the Russian Federation)
Studied in: Imperial Kharkiv University, Kharkiv province, Russian Empire (since 1999 V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv region, Ukraine) (1837); Dorpat University, Livonian province, Russian Empire (since 1919 Tartu University, Estonian SSR and since 1991 the Republic of Estonia ) (1838-1841);
Key interests: stellar catalogues, astronomy, geodesy. ScD Thesis: Determination of the nutation constant from the straight ascents of α Ursae minoris, observed in Dorpat on the meridian circle from 1822 to 1838 (1841 University of Derpt); ScD Thesis: Determination of the geographical location of some places in Western Siberia, derived from Professor Fedorov's observations in the 1832-1837 (1846 Imperial Kharkiv University);
Biography:
He was born on November 17, 1818 in the Hrushivtsi village of Voronezh Province of the Russian Empire (now the Voronezh Region of the Russian Federation) in the family of a nobleman. The Shidlovskis (Shylovs) are a Slobozhan Cossack gentry and noble family of the Russian Empire. They were senior officers of the Kharkiv and Izyum Slobid Cossack regiments. They occupied the colonel's government. After the abolition of the regimental system, the Slobozhanshchyna merged with the imperial aristocracy.
During 1829-1833, he studied at the Slobod-Ukrainian Gymnasium.
In 1837, he graduated from the Imperial Kharkiv University.
In 1838-1841, he continued his studies at the University of Derpt (dissertation "Determination of the nutation constant by direct ascents of α Ursae minoris observed in Dorpt on the meridian circle from 1822 to 1838"), and after receiving a master's degree in philosophy, he worked for three years at the Derpt and Pulkovo observatories as a part-time astronomer.
Since 1843 to 1856, he worked as a professor of astronomy at the Imperial Kharkiv University.
In 1845, he created an astronomical observatory in the garden of the Imperial Kharkiv University, where a tower with a rotating dome and a trunk for foam instruments were built. The observatory existed until the middle of the 19th century. Thus, the student of A. F. Shagin was the successor of A. F. Shagin and the promoter of his business and fulfilled the dream of his teacher.
In March 1846, at the Imperial University, he defended his doctoral thesis "Determination of the geographical position of some places in Western Siberia, deduced from the observations of Professor Fedorov in 1832-1837".
He made a great contribution to the determination of the points of the south of the European part of the former Russian Empire, organizing and conducting an "astronomical journey" in 1847-1848. The coordinates of 29 cities of Kharkiv, Poltava, Kursk, Voronezh provinces and the Don Army region were determined.
Participated in the construction of the Struve Geodetic Arc.
From 1856 to 1968, he worked as a professor at Kyiv University and director of the Kyiv Astronomical Observatory.
He is one of the founders of the International Astronomical Society.
He died on May 7, 1892 in Karabachkino village of Radomysky District of Kyiv Province (now the Karabachyn village of Zhytomyr District of Zhytomyr region of Ukraine).
astronomer, surveyor. He determined the geographical coordinates of a number of points in Ukraine.
The field of his scientific work is astronomy and geodesy. Worked on the calculation of the apparent positions of the stars to determine the constant aberration; on the creation of a catalog of star positions.
Main publications:
1. Shidlovskyi A. P.«Bestimmung der Constante der Nutation aus den graden Aufsteigungen von α Ursae minoris, beobachtet in Dorpat am Meridiankreise von 1822 bis 1838» (диссертация, Дерпт, 1841 год)
2. Шидловский А. П. «Наблюдения солнечного затмения 1842 года в Липецке», 1842
3. Шидловский А. П. «Производство астрономических и геодезических наблюдений в Лапландии, на северной оконечности русского градусного измерения в 1840»
4. Шидловский А. П. «Экспедиция для определения долготы Новгорода, Москвы, Рязани и Тулы»
Sources:
1 Казанцева Л. В., Кислюк В. С. Київське вікно у Всесвіт: Історія Київської астрономічної обсерваторії в контексті історії розвитку національної та світової науки. — Київ: Наш час, 2006.—C.76,80-82, 91
2 Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II). — Париж, Нью-Йорк, 1984. — Т. 10. — С. 3847-3857
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4 Астрономия в Харьковском университете (к 100летию основания астрономической обсерватории университета) Александров Ю. В. //Астрономия в Харьковском университете (к 100летию основания астрономической обсерватории университета) Александров Ю. В. //Очерки ист. естетвознан. и техн. (Киев).-1988-№34. С.57-58
