Nikolay Zhukovsky
Russian mathematician and engineer
Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky was a Russian scientist, mathematician and engineer, and a founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics. Whereas contemporary scientists scoffed at the idea of human flight, Zhukovsky was the first to undertake... Wikipedia
Born: January 17, 1847, Orekhovo, Moscow, Russia
Died: March 17, 1921 (age 74 years), Moscow, Russia
Notable students: Sergey Chaplygin, Nikolay Dollezhal, Alexander M. Poniatoff, and more
Awards: Order of Saint Anna and Order of Saint Stanislaus