Vasily Engelhardt

Vasily von Engelhardt
Василий Энгельгардт
Born17 July 1828
Kustovichi, Russian Empire
Died6 May 1915(1915-05-06) (aged 86)
Dresden, German Empire
CitizenshipRussian, German
Alma materSt. Petersburg School of Law (1847)

Vasily Pavlovich von Engelhardt (Russian: Василий Павлович Энгельгардт; 17 July 1828 – 6 May 1915) was a Russian astronomer, landowner and public figure. He helped establish the Engelhardt Observatory in Tatarstan, a World Heritage Site.

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