Widt Severin General data:
1862 - 14.03.1912
Place of birth: Sambir city, Austrian empire (now Lviv region, Ukraine)
Studied in: Lemberg Higher Polytechnic School, Austrian empire (since 2000 Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine) (1880-1885); Vienna University, Austrian Empire (since 1945, Vienna University, Republic of Austria) (1887-?); Berlin University, German Empire (since 1990 Berlin University, Federal Republic of Germany) (); Charlottenburg Polytechnic (); Hannover Polytechnic ();
Key interests: astronomy, geodesy
Biography:
He was born in 1862 in Sambir of the Austrian Empire (now Lviv region of Ukraine).
Nephew of D. Zbrożek.
He graduated from high school in Sambir.
Since 1880 to 1885 he studied at the engineering department of the Higher Polytechnic School in Lemberg.
In July 1883, an assistant (according to some sources, he was an assistant at the Department of Geodesy during the years 1885-1887) of the Department of Geodesy and Spherical Astronomy at the Technical Academy in Lemberg (now Lviv), together with Professor D. Zabrozhek led a group of students 20 students, who first created an outline of old Halych depicting a horizontal relief.
Under the direction of D. Zbrożek, he studied the possibility of applying spectral analysis in astronomy and meteorology and investigated planimeters, in particular, the Amsler planimeter.
In 1880–1888 the department created the first leveling network of Lviv, which consisted of 18 wall stamps, whose heights were determined with an error of 1.2 mm per 1 km of course, the assistant of the department paved the way.
In 1887-1889 he studied at the Universities of Vienna and Berlin, as well as at the Polytechnics in Charlottenburg and Hanover as a fellowship.
Since 1888 he became an assistant at the Department of Geodesy and Spherical Astronomy.
After the death of Professor D. Zabrozhek, he continued to work at the Department of Geodesy and Spherical Astronomy at the Higher Polytechnic School in Lemberg, which, however, was seconded to a scientific internship abroad in 1889 (Vienna, Berlin, Potsdam and Paris).
In 1891 he became a deputy professor of scientific internship in Lviv and read courses of geodesy I and geodesy II in 1891-1892. In the following 1892-1893 academic year he read only the course of geodesy II. In 1893 he became an associate professor and head of the department and began to read all courses.
In 1893-1903 he was an associate professor of engineering at the Regional Department of the Lviv School of Forestry.
At the same time, during 1892-1894 he was a professor at the Lviv Industrial School.
On December 28, 1894, the Department of Geodesy and Spherical Astronomy of the Higher Polytechnic School in Lemberg was divided into the Department of Geodesy and the Department of Spherical Astronomy and Higher Geodesy, and the scientist remained the head of the first as a regular professor.
During 1905-1906 he was the rector of the Higher Polytechnic School in Lemberg, and in the following 1906-1907 he was the vice-rector.
During 1898-1901 he was the dean of the construction department of the Lviv Higher Polytechnic School.
He was a member of the Polytechnic Society in Lviv since 1886, the Galician Engineering Chamber, the Commission of Weights and Weights in Vienna, the chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Construction Bank and a member of the Supervisory Board of the Zalichchny Bank in Lviv.
He died on March 14, 1912 in Davos, Switzerland. He was buried at the Lychakiv Cemetery.
Main publications:
1. Widt Severin “Wyklady katastru i ustaw mierniczych” (1909)
Sources:
1 en.wiki.lp.edu.ua
2 Ïðîôåñîð Äîì³í³ê Çáðîæåê (1832-1889) – çàñíîâíèê ³ ïåðøèé êåð³âíèê àñòðîíîì³÷íî¿ îáñåðâàòî𳿠Ëüâ³âñüêî¿ ïîë³òåõí³êè/À. ÄÐÁÀË, Ê. ÐÀĪÉ, ¯. ËÅÕÍÅÐ//Ñó÷àñí³ äîñÿãíåííÿ ãåîäåçè÷íî¿ íàóêè òà âèðîáíèöòâà, âèïóñê ² (37), 2019, ñ.23, 24, 25, 27
