Konstantin Pokrovsky

Konstantin Pokrovsky
Konstantin Pokrovski
Born(1868-05-23)May 23, 1868
Died5 November 1944(1944-11-05) (aged 76)
Alma materImperial Moscow University, Physics and Mathematics Faculty (1891)
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsImperial Moscow University, Imperial Dorpat University, Perm State University, Odessa University
Notable studentsGrigory Shajn

Konstantin Dorimedontovich Pokrovsky (11 (23) May 1868, Nizhny Novgorod — 5 November 1944, Kiev) was a Soviet astronomer, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, and Professor. He was a rector of the Perm Branch of the Imperial Petrograd University (1916–1917), and the first rector of Perm State University (1917–1918).