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Pyotr Lebedev
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Russian Physicist (1866–1912)
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Pyotr Lebedev was a physicist and university teacher from the Russian Empire. Born in Moscow in 1866, he was educated at Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology, the University of Strasbourg, and Lomonosov Moscow State University. He held a Doctor of Philosophy degree and worked under doctoral advisor August Kundt. Lebedev was employed by Imperial Moscow University and Moscow City People’s University.
He conducted work in physics and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics. Lebedev spoke and wrote in Russian and German. His doctoral students included Paul Sophus Epstein, Vladimir Arkadev, and P. P. Lazarev. He died in Moscow in 1912 and is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1866-02-24 ) 24 February 1866, Moscow , Russian Empire
- Died
- 1 March 1912 (1912-03-01) (aged 46), Moscow, Russian Empire
- Alma mater
- University of Strasbourg
- Known for
- Demonstration of radiation pressure
- Fields
- Physicist
- Institutions
- Moscow State University
- Doctoral advisor
- August Kundt
- Doctoral students
- P. P. Lazarev
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Employer
- Moscow City People’s University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- Russian
- Field of work
- physics
- Image
- Lebedev petr nikolaevich.jpg
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- Commons category
- Peter Lebedev
- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1866-00-00
- date of death
- 1912-00-00
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- described at URL
- www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/l/liebedev.htm
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- physics
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Encyclopedic overview
Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev (Russian: Пётр Никола́евич Ле́бедев; 24 February 1866 – 1 March 1912) was a Russian physicist. His name was also transliterated as Peter Lebedew and Peter Lebedev. Lebedev was the creator of the first scientific school in Russia.
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