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Otto Schmidt
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Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
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Otto Schmidt (1891–1956) was an astronomer, mathematician, explorer, and politician born in Mogilev. He held citizenship in the Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, and the Soviet Union. His academic work focused on group theory, astronomy, mathematics, and geography, with Dmitry Grave serving as his doctoral advisor. Schmidt was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
He was affiliated with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Schmidt received the Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and Order of the Red Star. He spoke Russian, German, and Latvian.
Schmidt died of tuberculosis in Moscow on September 7, 1956, and was buried in Novodevichy Cemetery. He was the father of Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 63
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- IQ-TREE: A Fast and Effective Stochastic Algorithm for Estimating Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies
· 2014 · cited 24,460x
- General atomic and molecular electronic structure system
· 1993 · cited 19,126x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,753x
- IQ-TREE 2: New Models and Efficient Methods for Phylogenetic Inference in the Genomic Era
· 2020 · cited 16,317x
- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
· 1998 · cited 16,256x
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Key facts
- Born
- 30 September [ O.S. 18 September ] 1891, Mogilev , Russian Empire
- Died
- 7 September 1956 (1956-09-07) (aged 64), Moscow, Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Alma mater
- Saint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev
- Known for
- Krull–Schmidt theorem , Accretion model , Arctic exploration
- Spouse
- Vera Yanitskaia ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1913 )
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Fields
- Mathematics , Astronomy , Geophysics
- Doctoral advisor
- Dmitry Grave
- Doctoral students
- Vladimir Andrunakievich
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Encyclopedic overview
Otto Yulyevich Shmidt (born Otto Friedrich Julius Schmidt; 30 September [O.S. 18 September] 1891 – 7 September 1956), better known as Otto Schmidt, was a Soviet scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesman, and academician.
Biography
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