Pavel Fonvizin
Pavel Ivanovich Fonvizin (29 May 1746 – 24 April 1803 in Moscow) was a Russian educator, scholar, and writer, who served as Rector for the Imperial Moscow University from 1784 to 1796. He was the younger brother of playwright Denis Fonvizin, and son of state councillor Ivan Fonvizin.
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Pavel Fonvizin
- Born
- 1746
- Died
- 1803 · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- writer · poet
- Education
- Moscow University Gymnasium · Imperial Moscow University
- Languages
- Russian
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Pavel Ivanovich Fonvizin (29 May 1746 – 24 April 1803 in Moscow) was a Russian educator, scholar, and writer, who served as Rector for the Imperial Moscow University from 1784 to 1796. He was the younger brother of playwright Denis Fonvizin, and son of state councillor Ivan Fonvizin.
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Born in 1746, died in Moscow in 1803.
Pavel Fonvizin studied at Moscow University Gymnasium and Imperial Moscow University. The recorded working language is Russian. Employment is recorded with Lomonosov Moscow State University. Positions recorded include Rector of Moscow State University.
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- 1.ROSSPĖN. Imperatorskiĭ Moskovskiĭ universitet, 1755-1917 : ėnt︠s︡iklopedicheskiĭ slovarʹ. 783. 2010. 978-5-8243-1429-8.
- 2.Oriental Research Partners. Russia and the West in the Eighteenth Century: Proceedings of the Second International Conference Organized by the Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia and Held at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 17-22 July, 1981. 110. 1983. 978-0-89250-058-1.
- 3.Ward, Charles Alexander. Moscow and Leningrad: Writers, painters, musicians and their gathering places. K.G. Saur. 9. 1989. 978-3-598-10834-1.
- 4.Hamburg, Gary M. Russia's Path toward Enlightenment: Faith, Politics, and Reason, 1500-1801. Yale University Press. 460. 28 June 2016. 978-0-300-22419-1.
- 5.Фонвизин Павел Иванович Летопись Московского университета. letopis.msu.ru.
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