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Barys Kit ((ベラルーシ語:Бары́с Кіт), (ロシア語:Бори́с Кит); born April 6, 1910)〔old calendar March 24〕 is an American rocket scientist. ==Biography== Kit was born on April 6, 1910 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire to the family of an employee at the Post and Telegraph Department, a Belarusian in origin. In 1918 Kit’s family moved to their native village of Aharodniki in Poland (now merged with the town of Karelichy, Hrodna Voblast). After graduation from Navahrudak Belarusian Lyceum in 1928 Kit entered the physics and mathematics faculty of Vilnius University (Poland). After graduation in 1933 he worked as a teacher at Vilnius Belarusian Lyceum. In 1939 he was appointed its Principal. After the Vilnius Region had been annexed to Lithuania in 1939, Kit returned to his native region. He was the Principal of Navahrudak Belarusian High School there and later a superintendent of a large school system district. Hundreds of elementary schools and several dozen high schools were opened in the region within a year due to Kit's direct participation.〔(Barys Kit Biography ) Archives of Belarus〕 Kit worked as a teacher in the village of Lebedzeva near Maladzyechna and later as a director of the Pastavy Teachers College during the Nazi occupation of Belarus. He was suspected of having partisan connections and was arrested by the German SD punitive bodies. He spent a month in prison and was saved from execution by his former pupils. In 1944 Kit and his family with the retreating German army moved to Germany, first to Offenbach-Lindau in Bavaria, then to Munich.〔(Boris Kit: Ein Jahrhundertleben )〕 In 1948 Kit emigrated to the United States. In 1950 he settled in Los Angeles and worked there as a chemist in various companies. In the mid-1950s Kit began his scientific activities in the field of astronautics. For 25 years he worked in the American space research program. As a mathematician and systems analyst, he took part in projects aimed at the development of intercontinental missile systems. Kit took part in all the American space research projects, including mathematical support of the mission to the Moon.〔("A great and interesting life" ), ''e-tech'', April 2013, International Electrotechnical Commission〕 In 1972 Kit moved to Frankfurt-am-Main in Germany, where he lives as of 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barys Kit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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