Timofei Fedorovic Osipovsky

Who was Timofei Fedorovic Osipovsky?

Timofei Fedorovic Osipovsky was a Russian mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and philosopher. Timofei Osipovsky graduated from the St Petersburg Teachers Seminary.

He was to became a teacher at Kharkiv University. Kharkiv University was founded in 1805. The city of Kharkiv, thanks to its educational establishments, became one of the most important cultural and educational centres of Ukraine. Osipovsky was appointed to Kharkiv University in 1805, the year of the foundation of the University. In 1813 he became rector of the University. However in 1820 Osipovsky was suspended from his post on religious grounds.

Osipovsky's most famous work was the three volume book A Course of Mathematics. This soon became a standard university text and was used in universities for many years.