Sergei Semjonowitsch Uvarow

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Sergei Semjonowitsch Uvarow

Count Sergei Semjonowitsch Uvarov ( Russian Сергей Семёнович Уваров , scientific transliteration Sergej Semënovič Uvarov , form Ouvaroff used by him in his works ; * 25 August July / 5 September  1786 greg. In Moscow ; † 4 September July / 16 September  1855 greg. Ibid) was a Russian politician and literary scholar.

Life

Uvarow studied in Göttingen and in 1819 became the (new) founder and rector of the University of Saint Petersburg . From 1818 until his death he was President of the Academy of Sciences . In 1822 he was appointed director of the Department of Manufactories and Internal Trade. From 1834 to 1848 he was Minister for Public Education.

He founded over 700 educational establishments (including the University of Kiev ) as well as learned societies, libraries, museums, etc. and ensured that the teaching staff was better allocated. When after the events of 1848 the Russian education system was subjected to even greater restrictions, Uvarow withdrew from the ministry. His son Alexei Uvarow became an archaeologist.

He had been a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences since 1811 and an external member since 1820 . In 1821 he was accepted as a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Fonts

Of his writings, which show a thorough study of foreign literatures, the following should be emphasized:

  • Essai sur les mystères d'Eleusis , (1st edition: St.-Pétersbourg, 1812; 2nd edition: St.-Pétersbourg, 1815; 3rd edition: Paris, 1816)
  • Etudes de philosophie et de critique , Paris, 1843
  • Esquisses politiques et litteraires , Paris, 1848

Honors

In recognition of his great contribution to the development of science in Russia, uvarovite , a rare mineral from the garnet group , was named after him.

literature

  • Lesley Chamberlain: Ministry of Darkness. How Sergei Uvarov created conservative modern Russia , London: Bloomsbury Academic 2019, ISBN 978-1-350-11669-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erich Donnert : The Russian Tsarist Empire. The rise and fall of a world power . List, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-471-77341-X , p. 250.
  2. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 245.
  3. ↑ Dieter Knittel: Synthesis and stability of Andradit-Uwarowit and Uwarowit-Grossular mixed crystals . Munich 1973, p. 6.
personal data
SURNAME Uvarow, Sergei Semjonowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Уваров, Сергей Семёнович (Russian); Uvarov, Sergej Semënovič (scientific transliteration)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian politician and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1855
Place of death Moscow