* 17 January 1847, † 17 March 1921
Nikolai Egorovich Zhukovsky was born on 17 January 1847 in Orekhovo, Vladimir gubernia, Russia. Nikolai Joukowski or Zhukovsky was a Russian scientist who did pioneering work on aerodynamics. He is best known for the so-called Joukowski aerofoil. Nikolai Egorovich Zhukovsky died on 17 March 1921 in Moscow, USSR.
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