Lev Davidovich Belkind

Who was Lev Davidovich Belkind?

Prof. Lev Davidovich Belkind was a Soviet scientist, engineer and historian; author of numerous publications on the history of science and technology.

His academic activity is associated with the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University) (Russian: Московский энергетический институт (технический университет)), where he has founded the department of Lighting Engineering (Russian: Кафедра Светотехники) in the Physics-Energy Faculty (Russian: Физико-энергетический факультет (ФИЗЭН)) in 1932. In 1937, he became the first dean of the faculty of Electro-Physics upon its formation (Russian: Электрофизический факультет (ЭлФИЗ)). Later he has headed the department of History of Engineering (Russian: Кафедра истории техники)

Fluent in Russian, English, French and German, and knowledgeable in additional languages, Prof. Belkind was a prominent researcher and collector of materials on the history of science and technology, both Russian and International. He was considered an authority in the field of scientific history, being an author of unique biographical research work of a number of influential figures in the Russian science.