Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshchersky (Russian: Ива́н Все́володович Меще́рский, 1859–1935) was a Russian Empire and Soviet mathematician who gained fame for his work on mechanics, notably the motion of bodies of variable mass.
Ivan Meshcherskiy Иван Мещерский | |
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 Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshchersky | |
| Born | 10 August [O.S. 29 July] 1859 |
| Died | 7 January 1935 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | Russian, Soviet |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg Imperial University |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | Pafnuty Chebyshev |
| Doctoral students | Aleksey Krylov, Gury Kolosov, Alexander Friedmann |
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Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy was born in Arkhangelsk. After graduation from Arkhangelsk Gymnasium, Meshcherskiy studied mathematics at the Saint Petersburg Imperial University from 1878 to 1882.