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Orest Danilovič Chvol'son

1852 – 1934

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Wikipedia Summary

Orest Danilovich Khvolson or Chwolson was a Russian and later Soviet physicist and honorary member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1920). He is most noted for being one of the first to study the astronomical gravitational lens effect.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
December 4, 1852
Date of death
May 11, 1934
Field and occupation
ruský fyzik
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