Leonid Kulik
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Summary
Leonid Kulik's place of birth was Tartu[1]. He was born on August 19, 1883[2]. He died in Spas-Demensk[3]. He died on April 14, 1942[4]. He worked as a mineralogist[5], university teacher[6], and geologist[7].
Key Facts
- Place of burial: Spas-Demensk[8]
- Country of citizenship: Russian Empire[9], Russian Republic[10], Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic[11], Soviet Union[12]
- Field of work: mineralogy[13], meteoritics[14]
- Employer: Committee on Meteorites[15], Tomsk State University[16], Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences[17]
- Educated at: Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University[18], Kazan Imperial University[19], Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University[20]
- Doctoral advisor: Vladimir Vernadsky[21]
- Sex or gender: male[22]
- Cause of death: typhus[23]
Body
Education
Educated at Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University[18], a university[24], in Russia[25], founded in 1803[26]; Kazan Imperial University[19], an imperial universities of the Russian Empire[27], in Russian Empire[28], founded in 1804[29]; and Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University[20], a faculty[30], in Russian Empire[31], founded in 1819[32].
Career and Affiliations
Fields of work include mineralogy[13], a branch of geology[33] and meteoritics[14], a branch of astronomy[34]. Employers include Committee on Meteorites[15], a scientific organization[35], in Russia[36]; Tomsk State University[16], a national research university[37], in Russian Empire[38], founded in 1878[39], headquartered in Tomsk[40]; and Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences[17], an Institute of the Russian Academy of Science[41], in Russia[42], founded in 1930[43].
Works and Contributions
Things named for Leonid Kulik include Kulik[44], a lunar crater[45] and 2794 Kulik[46], an asteroid[47].
Why It Matters
Entities named for him include Kulik[44], a lunar crater[45] and 2794 Kulik[46], an asteroid[47].
FAQs
Where was Leonid Kulik born?
Born in Tartu[1].
Where did Leonid Kulik die?
Leonid Kulik passed away in Spas-Demensk[3].
What did Leonid Kulik do for work?
Leonid Kulik worked as mineralogist[5], university teacher[6], and geologist[7].
Where did Leonid Kulik go to school?
Leonid Kulik was educated at Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University[18], Kazan Imperial University[19], and Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University[20].