Nikolai Vasilievich Bugaev (September 14, 1837 - June 11, 1903) was a prominent Russian mathematician, the father of Andrei Bely. Bugaev was the active member of the Moscow Mathematical Society and the president of it (1891-1903). He also wrote influential philosophical essays in which he trumpeted the virtues of mathematical analysis and decried the influence of geometry and probability. Read more