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LOMONOSOV, MIKHAIL VASILIEVICH (1711-1765)

LOMONOSOV, MIKHAIL VASILIEVICH (1711-1765) , See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian poet and See also:

man of See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the See also:

YEAR

year 1711, in the See also:

VILLAGE

village of Denisovka (the name of which was afterwards changed in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the poet), situated on an See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island not far from Kholmogori, in the See also:

government of See also:

Archangel. His See also:

FATHER

father, a fisherman, took the boy when he was ten years of See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age to assist him in his calling; but the lad's eagerness for knowledge was unbounded. The few books accessible to him he almost learned by See also:

heart; and, seeing that there was no See also:

CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance of increasing his stock of knowledge in his native See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, he resolved to betake himself to See also:

Moscow. An opportunity occurred when he was seventeen, and by the intervention of See also:

friends he obtained See also:

ADMISSION

admission into the Zaikonospasski school. There his progress was very rapid, especially in Latin, and in 1734 he was sent from Moscow to St See also:

PETERSBURG

Petersburg. There again his proficiency, especially in See also:

PHYSICAL

physical science, was marked, and he was one of the See also:

young Russians chosen to See also:

COMPLETE

complete their See also:

EDUCATION

education in See also:

FOREIGN

foreign countries. He accordingly commenced the study of metallurgy at See also:

Marburg; he also began to write See also:

POETRY

poetry, imitating See also:

German authors, among whom he is said to have especially admired See also:

GUNTHER, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (1695-1723)

Gunther. His See also:

ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

Ode on the Taking of See also:

KHOTIN, or KHOTEEN (variously written Khochim, Choczim, and Chocim)

Khotin from the See also:

TURKS

Turks was composed in 1739, and attracted a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

DEAL

deal of See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention at St Petersburg. During his See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in See also:

Germany Lomon6sov married a native of the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and found it difficult to maintain his increasing See also:

FAMILY

family on the scanty See also:

ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval")

allowance granted to him by the St Petersburg See also:

Academy, which, moreover, was irregularly sent. His circumstances became embarrassed, and he resolved to leave the country secretly and to return See also:

home. On his arrival in See also:

Russia he rapidly See also:

rose to distinction, and was made See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

chemistry in the university of St Petersburg; he ultimately became'See also:

RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector, and in 1764 secretary of See also:

state. He died in 1765.

The most valuable of the See also:

WORKS

works of Lomon6sov are those See also:

RELATING

relating to physical science, and he wrote upon many branches of it. He everywhere shows himself a man of the most varied learning. He compiled a Russian See also:

GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar, which See also:

long enjoyed popularity, and did much to improve the See also:

RHYTHM (Greek pvBµds, from bap, to flow)

rhythm of Russian See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

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