 aleksandr danilovich aleksandrov (, alternative transliterations: alexandr or alexander (first name), and alexandrov (last name)) (august 4, 1912 â july 27, 1999), was a soviet/russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and mountaineer. == scientific career == aleksandrov graduated from the department of physics of leningrad state university. his advisors there were vladimir fok, a physicist, and boris delaunay, a mathematician. in&nbsp;1933 aleksandrov worked at the state optical institute&nbsp;(goi) and at the same time gave lectures at the department of mathematics and mechanics of the university. he completed his ph.d.&nbsp;in&nbsp;1935 at the university and later in&nbsp;1937 &mdash; a d.sc.&nbsp;dissertation. he became a professor at the university, while also working at lomi, the leningrad department of the steklov mathematical institute (now pdmi, petersburg department of the mathematical institute). in 1951 he became a member of the communist party. appointed the rector of the university in&nbsp;1952, aleksandrov remained in this position until&nbsp;1964. in&nbsp;1946 he became a corresponding member, and in&nbsp;1964 &mdash; a full member of the ussr academy of sciences. since&nbsp;1975 he was also a member of the accademia nazionale dei lincei. aleksandr aleksandrov should not be confused with pavel alexandrov, another mathematician at the steklov institute. since&nbsp;1964 and until&n
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