Demetrius Perevoshchikov Matveyevich

(1788 - 1880), came from the nobility of Penza province. High-school and university education was in Kazan. Since 1818 - teacher of transcendental analysis in the Moscow University. Since 1826 Professor of Astronomy. He was successively Dean of the 2 nd branch of philosophical (now Physics and Mathematics) faculty, vice-rector and rector of Moscow University. In 1851 he was elected to the Academy of Sciences. From his writings should be mentioned: "The theory of the planets" (Saint-Petersburg, . 1863 - 68), . "The secular perturbations of the seven major planets" (Saint-Petersburg, . 1859 - 61), . "Gaussian method to calculate the elements of the planets" (Saint-Petersburg, . 1853), . several articles on the equinoxes (1851 - 59), . "A piece of land" (1854), . "Manual mathematical Encyclopedia (13 vols., . M., . 1826 - 37), . "The main reason analytic geometry of three dimensions" (Moscow, . 1822), . transfer rate analysis Francoeur, . Bailly and several popular works on astronomy.,