Mikhail Grigoryevich Pavlov

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Mikhail Grigoryevich Pavlov (1793-1840) was a Russian academic, largely responsible for spreading the philosophical ideas of the Naturphilosophie of Schelling in Russia.[1] He was a professor at Moscow University.

He graduated from Moscow University in 1815[2]. After a doctorate in medicine, and two years travelling in Europe to study science, he was given a chair in Moscow in 1821, in Agriculture, Mineralogy and Forestry. Subsequently he wrote textbooks in agriculture and chemistry, and lobbied for changed agricultural practices.[3]

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  1. ^ Dissertation (PDF) p.25.
  2. ^ p.27
  3. ^ p.28