Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov (; 1738–1821) was a Russian traveller and patron of scientific education. He was from the

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family.

Life

A grandson of

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, he created the mineralogical museum in Moscow in 1775. (now known as the Vernadsky State Geological Museum or the Museum of Earth History),Described by

Fischer von Waldheim Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (; 13 October 1771 – 18 October 1853) was a Saxon anatomist, entomologist and paleontologist. Fischer was born as Gotthilf Fischer in Waldheim, Saxony, the son of a linen weaver. He studied medicine at Le ...

, ''Le musée Demidoff'', Moscow, 1806–1807, 3 vol. In 1821 Waldheim also composed ''Panegyricus memoriae piae defuncti P.G.Demidow.'', a Latin elogy of Pavel Demidov. in 1803 the

Demidov Lyceum The Yaroslavl Demidov State University (Russian: ''Ярославский государственный университет имени П. Г. Демидова'') is an institution of higher education in Yaroslavl, Russia. In 1918, Yarosla ...

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, and in 1805 the Demidov Scientific Institute at

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. He was also the founder of the university of

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, Moscow's Botanical Gardens (the Neskuchny Gardens), the Demidov chair in

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and an annual prize for Russian literature, awarded by the Academy of Sciences. In total, he gave 1.1 million roubles to scientific institutions. The bronze Demidovsky Pillar was set up as a memorial to him at

in 1828.

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Pavel Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian: Павел; Czech, Slovene, and (although Romanian also uses Paul); ; ; ) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People G ...

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