Evgeni Kharadze

[1] Seventeenth rector of the Tbilisi State University (1959–1966), vice-president (1972–1980) and president (1980–1986) of the Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences.

Vice-president of International Astronomical Union (1976–1982), director of Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory (1932–1992).

[2] Kharadze was born in Tbilisi, October 31, 1907 into the family of an employee of the Transcaucasus Railway.

[3] He was the author of a fundamental handbook “The Course of General Astrophysics” and two volumes of “Principles of Astronomy” in Georgian.

[4] The asteroid 1247 discovered by the Richard Martin West was named after Evgeni Kharadze.