Fyodor Klement
Estonian Soviet physicist, rector of University of Tartu
About Fyodor Klement
Lived 1903 – 1973 (aged 70). Fyodor Klement was a Russian physicist, politician and university teacher.
Fyodor Dmitriyevich Klement (or Feodor Klement; 12 June 1903, Saint Petersburg – 28 June 1973, Tartu) was a Soviet and Estonian physicist and academician. Although born to Estonian parents, his native language was Russian. Klement's specialty was luminescence.
From 1951 to 1970, he was the rector of Tartu State University. While there, he worked to return Tartu to its prewar eminence in research, founding a solid-state physics laboratory.
He was a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences.
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Who was Fyodor Klement?
Estonian Soviet physicist, rector of University of Tartu (1903-1973)
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Fyodor Klement was born on 12 June 1903 in Saint Petersburg.
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Fyodor Klement died on 28 June 1973 in Tartu.
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Fyodor Klement was a physicist, politician and university teacher.
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Fyodor Klement was Russian.
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