Atanasije Stojković

Atanasije Stojković
Атанасије Стојковић
Painting of Anastasije Stojković, work of Pavel Đurković
Born
Атанасије Стојковић

(1773-09-20)20 September 1773
Ruma, Habsburg monarchy
Died2 June 1832(1832-06-02) (aged 58)
Kharkov, Russian Empire
OccupationsScientist, writer

Atanasije Stojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Атанасије Стојковић, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [atanǎsije stǒːjkoʋit͡ɕ]; 20 September 1773 – 25 September 1832) was a Serbian, Austrian and Russian writer, pedagogue, scholar, physicist, mathematician and astronomer. He is considered the founder of Russian meteoritics. Stojković was the Rector of the Imperial University of Kharkov from 1807 to 1809 and from 1811 to 1813.

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