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Doubiago; Dubjago, Aleksandr Dmitrievich; Dubyago, Aleksandr Dmitrievich
Born Kazan, Russia, 18 December 1903
Died Kazan, Russia, 29 October 1959
Aleksandr Dmitrievich Dubiago was a professor, observer, and theoretical astronomer specializing in the motion, structure, and decay of comets.
At the time of Aleksandr’s birth, his father, Dmitrii Dubiago , was rector of the University of Kazan and director not only of the Kazan (municipal) observatory but also of the nearby V. P. Engelhardt Astronomical Observatory, which the university had founded in 1901 and named for the donor of its first instruments.
The elder Dubiago evidently stimulated his son’s interest in astronomy. Aleksandr is reputed to have independently spotted Nova Aquilae when he was just 14. Though the “new star” was very bright, he must already have had a knowledge of the constellations and a curiosity about the stars. Unfortunately, their relationship was cut short by the father’s death a few months...
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Broughton, P. (2014). Dubiago, Aleksandr Dmitrievich. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_9258
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