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Gabriel Aivazovsky Գաբրիել Հայվազյան | |
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| Born | May 22, 1812 |
| Died | April 20, 1879 (aged 66) |
| Occupation(s) | Archbishop, scientist, writer, historian, educator |
| Relatives | Ivan Aivazovsky (brother) |
Gabriel Aivazovsky (Gabriel Ayvazyan, Template:Lang-hy, Template:Lang-ru, (1812—1879) — Armenian Archbishop, scientist, historian, brother of the artist Ivan Aivazovsky.
Biography
He was born in Feodosiya into a family of Armenian merchants. He received a scientific education at the monastery of St. Mkhitarist on San Lazaro Island in Venice, then there was also a teacher of Oriental languages, in 1848 have appointed a director of the Armenian College Samuel Moorat in Paris, and subsequently founded the same Armenian college. His most important works are "Essay on the History of Russia" (in Armenian, Venice, 1836), "History of the Ottoman State" (also in Armenian, 2 volumes, Venice, 1841). He was also one of the main staff of a large Armenian dictionary “Auhera”.