Johann Albrecht von Korff
Johann Albrecht Baron von Korff ( Latvian Johans Alb nearly fon Korfs ; Russian Иоганн-Альбрехт фон Корф ; born November 30, 1697 in Courland ; † April 7, 1766 in Copenhagen ) was a Russian diplomat and President of the Russian Academy of Sciences .
Life
Johann Albrecht Baron von Korff came from the widely ramified Korff family . In 1730 he came to Russia from Courland with Queen Anna I. He served her as a chamberlain and chamberlain. In 1734 he was appointed President of the Academy of Sciences . As such, he was a sponsor of Mikhail Wassiljewitsch Lomonossow . He has also sent an expedition to Kamchatka . Because of his knowledge of Latin, which was unusual at the Russian court, he was considered a scholar. Korff built an extensive library with 36,000 titles. He later sold it to Tsarina Katharina II , but retained the right of use until his death.
In 1740 von Korff was appointed envoy in Hamburg . The following year he went to Copenhagen in the same capacity and to Stockholm in 1746 . At the behest of Pyotr Michailowitsch Bestuschew , he supported the hat party ( Mössorna ) in the domestic disputes . Because he was proceeding so obviously, the Swedish King Friedrich demanded that he be recalled. Tsarina Elisabeth gave in to the request in 1749 and transferred Korff again to Copenhagen.
literature
- Arthur Kleinschmidt : Russia's history and politics depicted in the history of the Russian high nobility. Cassel, 1877, pp. 268–269 ( partially digitized reprint )
- Johann Friedrich von Recke , Karl Eduard Napiersky : General writers and scholars lexicon of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . Volume 2: G – K, Mitau 1829, pp. 499–501 ( digitized version )
- Continued new genealogical-historical news of the most distinguished events that happened at the European courts , Volume 65, p. 473 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Johann Albert von Korff. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hermann Carl von Keyserlingk | President of the Russian Academy of Sciences 1734–1740 |
Carl von Brevern |
| Alexei Petrovich Bestushev-Ryumin |
Russian envoy to the Hanseatic cities 1740–1741 |
Johann Dietrich Geinson |
| Peter Chernyshev |
Russian envoy in Copenhagen 1741–1746 |
Alexander Mikhailovich Pushkin |
| Alexander Mikhailovich Pushkin |
Russian envoy in Stockholm 1746–1748 |
Nikita Ivanovich Panin |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korff, Johann Albrecht von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Korff, Johann Albert von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian diplomat and President of the Academy of Sciences |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1697 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Courland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1766 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |