Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (November 19 [O.S. November 8] 1711 – April 15 [O.S. April 4] 1765) was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer. Lomonosov made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries was the atmosphere of Venus. As a scientist, he contributed to the fields of chemistry including principle of conservation of mass, physics, mineralogy, history, art, philology and optics, amongst others. Lomonosov was also a poet, and influenced the development of the modern Russian literary language.
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov | |
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Михайло Васильевич Ломоносов | |
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| Born | November 19, 1711 |
| Died | April 15, 1765 (aged 53) |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University, University of Marburg, Slavic Greek Latin Academy |
| Occupation | Sphere of science: natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, philology, optical devices and others. Lomonosov was also a poet. |
| Spouse(s) | Elisabeth Zilch |
| Children | Yelena |
Mikhail Lomonosov Media
The Lomonosov house in Marburg, Germany
The most grandiose of Lomonosov's mosaics depicts the Battle of Poltava.
Catherine II of Russia visits Mikhail Lomonosov in 1764. 1884 painting by Ivan Feodorov.
Scheme of the Lomonosov-Effect during a transit of Venus
Diagrams from Mikhail Lomonosov's "The Appearance of Venus on the Sun, Observed at the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Sciences on 26 May 1761"
A first ever spring-driven coaxial rotor
A portrait of Mikhail Lomonosov by F. Shubin, plaster, before 1793, Russian Museum. Saint-Petersburg
The grave of Lomonosov in Lazarevskoe Cemetery, Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Saint Petersburg
Lomonosov statue in Dnipro, Ukraine in 2010, removed in January 2023
Stamp of the USSR. 200th anniversary of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Portrait of Mikhail Lomonosov painted by Leonty Miropolsky; building of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Leningrad on the background. 3 copecks, brown.
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