Sergey Glazenap, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sergey Glazenap

Russian astronomer

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1848

Place of Birth: Vyshny Volochyok, Tver Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 12-Apr-1937

Profession: astronomer

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Sergey Pavlovich Glazenap (Russian: ?????´? ???????? ????????; September 13(25), 1848 - April 12, 1937) was a Soviet astronomer, honorary member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1929), and Hero of Socialist Labor (1932).
In some publications, particularly in the 19th century, his last name was given as S.
de Glasenapp (in French) or von Glasenapp (in German). He published Orbites des étoiles doubles du catalogue de Poulkova, a study of double stars, for which he was awarded the Valz Prize in 1890. Glazenap crater on the Moon and the minor planet 857 Glasenappia have been named after him.