Paskal Sotirovski

Paskal Sotirovski, PhD (Macedonian: Паскал Сотировски; b. 23 November 1927 in Vrben, Gostivar – d. 20 January 2003 in Paris, France) was a famous Macedonian astrophysicist, specialist in Solar Physics.

Paskal finished primary school in the place of birth. He continued his education in Gornji Milanovac (in Serbia) where he finished three grades of the high school. Eventually, he graduated from the Educational School in Belgrade.

Sotirovski spent some years as a school teacher in Bela Crkva, but in 1950 he enrolled as a regular student at the Faculty of Philosophy and Department of Physics at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. He graduated in 1956 and started teaching physics at the Josip Broz Tito High School in Skopje.

In 1961, Sotirovski was employed as an Assistant Professor of Astrophysics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje. Then, he was sent at specialization in Sorbonne, Paris. In 1964 he graduated with a degree in astrophysics. In 1971 he defended his PhD thesis in Solar Physics, and obtained the highest mark possible.