NIKOLAI BRONISLAVOVICH VASSOEVICH (1902-1981)

In Memory of Nikolai Pavlovich Korneichuk

Nikolai Pavlovich Korneichuk passed away on July 22, 2003. He was recognized worldwide as a leading expert on exact solutions of extremal problems in Approximation Theory as well as a founder of a powerful research school. N.P. Korneichuk was born on January 22, 1920 in the village of Bobrik, in Gomel region of Belarus. His parents were peasants. In 1938, N.P. Korneichuk completed studies in th...

Nikolai Kliuev-prophet of Loss

The life, work, and reception of Nikolai Kliuev (1884-1937) provide striking illustrations of the intense preoccupation in Russian culture with the association between poetry and prophecy, between poet and prophet. Kliuev's work abounds in prophetic statements of many kinds, while he frequently and selfconsciously positioned himself as a "prophet" and explicitly identified his work as "propheti...

Arne Tiselius, 1902-1971.

Leopold Schenk (1840-1902).

Leopold Schenk attained international fame by his contributions to the science of embryology. The first chair of embryology in any medical school was established for him in the University of Vienna. This article briefly describes his life and his work.

Owsei Temkin 1902-2002.