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Who was Lomonosov?
Mikhail Vasiljevitch Lomonosov (19 November 1711 – 15 April 1765) was born in Archangel in the north of European Russia. His father was a rather wealthy fisherman and tradesman in the fishing business. Mikhail Vaslijevitch, however, did not want to follow in his father's footsteps; he wanted to study.
He left first for Moscow where he learned Latin, a language necessary for an eighteenth century scientist. In 1736 he began his studies at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and the same year he left for Marburg, Germany, to study geometry, physics, chemistry, mechanics and hydrostatics under the famous philosopher Christian Wolff. From there Lomonosov went on to Freiberg in 1739, studying metallurgy and mining under the prominent teacher and scientist Johann-Friedrich Henckel.
In 1741, he returned to St Petersburg and began his scientific work at the Academy of Sciences. Within four years, in 1745, he was named professor of chemistry and made a full member of the Academy. The founding of Moscow University – now Lomonosov Moscow State University – was instigated by Lomonosov and Count Ivan Shuvalov in 1755.
Mikhail Vasiljevitch Lomonosov
(L.S.Miropol'sky 1787after-G.Prenner)
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