Stephen Timoshenko
Stephen Timoshenko
Stepan Prokofyevich Timoshenko, was a Ukrainian, Russian, and later, an American engineer and academician. He is considered to be the father of modern engineering mechanics. An inventor and one of the pioneering mechanical engineers at the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. A founding member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Timoshenko wrote seminal works in the areas of engineering mechanics, elasticity and strength of materials, many of which are still widely used today. Having started his scientific career in the Russian Empire, Timoshenko emigrated to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes during the Russian Civil War and then to the United States.
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Male
Date of Birth
December 11st, 1878
Age
145
Birth Place
Ukraine, Sumy Oblast
Date of Death
May 29th, 1972
Died Aged
93
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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