Levinson-Lessing F.Y., (1861-1939), geologist

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LEVINSON-LESSING Franz Yulievich (1861-1939), petrographer, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics Mathematical of the University of St. Petersburg in 1883, and took up a teaching position there six years later. From 1892 to 1902, he worked as a professor at the University of Yuriev (present-day Tartu), transferring to the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Polytechnical Institute in 1902-30. In 1921, he became a professor Chair of Petrography of the State Leningrad University. His major work is in the field of theoretical petrography, mineralogy and volcanology. Buried at Literatorskie Mostky. Levinson-Lessing lived at 1/2 Leytenanta Schmidta Embankment from 1929 to 1939 (memorial plaque installed).

References: Кузнецов С. С. Франц Юльевич Левинсон-Лессинг. Л., 1969.

O. N. Ansberg. Levinson-Lessing Franz Yulievich
Leitenanta Schmidta Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 1/2
Кузнецов С. С. Франц Юльевич Левинсон-Лессинг. Л., 1969 Russian Academy of Sciences
State University, St. Petersburg
Polytechnical University
Literatorskie (Literary) Mostki, the museum-necropolis