Nikolai Brashman

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**Nikolai Brashman**
Nikolai Dmitrievich Brashman
Born	June 14, 1796 Rassnova (near Brno), Czech Republic
Died	May 13, 1866 Moscow, Russia
Residence	Russia
Nationality	Czech
Field	Mathematician
Institution	Kazan University St Petersburg University
Alma mater	University of Vienna Vienna Polytechnic Institute Moscow State University
Academic advisor	Joseph von Littrow
Notable students	Pafnuty Chebyshev Osip Somov
Known for	Mechanics and analytical geometry
Notable prizes	Demidov Prize (1836)

Nikolai Dmitrievich Brashman (June 14, 1796 – May 13, 1866) was a mathematician of Czech birth who practised mostly in Russia. He was a student of Joseph Johann Littrow, and the advisor of Pafnuty Chebyshev.

He was born in Rassnova (near Brno), Czech Republic and studied at the University of Vienna and Vienna Polytechnic Institute. In 1824 he moved to St Petersburg and then accepted a position at the Kazan University. In 1834 he became a professor of applied mathematics at the Moscow University. There he is best remembered as a founder of the Moscow Mathematical Society and its journal.

For his mechanics textbook, in 1836 Brashman was awarded the Demidov Prize by the Russian Academy of Sciences. The academy elected him a corresponding member in 1855. He died in Moscow in 1866.