Alexei Sergejewitsch Uvarow

Count Aleksey Uvarov ( Russian Алексей Сергеевич Уваров , scientific transliteration. Alexei Uvarov Sergeevič ; February * 28 ^{. Jul} / 12. March 1825 ^greg. In Saint Petersburg , † December 29, 1884 ^jul. / 10. January 1885 ^greg. ) Was a Russian archaeologist .

Life

Uvarow was the son of Count Sergei Semjonowitsch Uvarow (1786–1855). He has made a name for himself by describing his archaeological journey on the northern coast of the Black Sea (Petersburg 1852) and has made a great contribution as the founder of the archaeological congress on prehistoric archeology, which has been held every three years since 1868. He donated the Uvarov Prize (3,000 rubles), which is awarded annually by the Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg on October 7th for a number of the best historical works.

On January 14, 1858, he married the fifteen years younger Praskowja Sergejewna Uvarowa (1840-1924).

Uvarow founded the Imperial Moscow Archaeological Society in 1864 and became its chairman. After his death in January 1885, his widow took over the chairmanship in May 1885 and held it until the October Revolution of 1917. He was one of the initiators of the founding of the History Museum in Moscow. Uwarow was a corresponding member of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory .

literature

LG Khrushkova: Aleksej Sergeevič Uvarov . In: Stefan Heid, Martin Dennert (Hrsg.): Personal Lexicon for Christian Archeology . Researchers and personalities from the 16th to the 21st century. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7954-2620-0 , Volume 2, pp. 1263-1264.

Remarks

↑ Императорское Московское археологическое общество . Members have included Vasily Klyuchevsky , Mikhail Petrovich Pogodin (1800-1875, Погодин, Михаил Петрович ), Sergey Solovyov , Ivan Jegorowitsch Sabelin (1820-1909, Забелин, Иван Егорович ), Vasily Alekseyevich Gorodzow (1860-1945, Городцов, Василий Алексеевич ), Fyodor Fjodorowitsch Gornostajew (1867–1915, Горностаев, Фёдор Фёдорович ), Apollinari Michailowitsch Wasnezow and Ilja Semjonowitsch Имовим Онвич29 Имоставичо ( 1858–1915 ).

personal data
SURNAME	Uvarow, Alexei Sergejewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Уваров, Алексей Сергеевич (Russian); Uvarov, Alexej Sergeevič (scientific transliteration)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 12, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH	January 10, 1885

[1] Императорское Московское археологическое общество . Members have included Vasily Klyuchevsky , Mikhail Petrovich Pogodin (1800-1875, Погодин, Михаил Петрович ), Sergey Solovyov , Ivan Jegorowitsch Sabelin (1820-1909, Забелин, Иван Егорович ), Vasily Alekseyevich Gorodzow (1860-1945, Городцов, Василий Алексеевич ), Fyodor Fjodorowitsch Gornostajew (1867–1915, Горностаев, Фёдор Фёдорович ), Apollinari Michailowitsch Wasnezow and Ilja Semjonowitsch Имовим Онвич29 Имоставичо ( 1858–1915 ).