Maksim Kovalevsky

Maksim Maksimovich Kovalevsky
Максим Максимович Ковалевский
Maksim Kovalevsky in 1906
Born8 September 1851
Died5 April 1916 (aged 64)
Burial placeNikolskoe Cemetery
EducationImperial Kharkov University
Occupation(s)Scientist, jurist
Known forVice-president (1895) and president (1905) of the International Institute of Sociology

Maksim Maksimovich Kovalevsky (Russian: Максим Максимович Ковалевский; 8 September 1851 – 5 April 1916) was a jurist and the main authority on sociology in the Russian Empire. He was vice-president (1895) and president (1905) of the International Institute of Sociology. He also held a chair in sociology at the Psycho-Neurological Institute. Kovalevsky was elected into the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1914. The Russian Sociological Society adopted his name in 1916.