Jump to content

Gabriel Aivazovsky

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jwalthouse (talk | contribs) at 19:11, 15 February 2011. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Gabriel Aivazovsky
Գաբրիել Հայվազյան
Born(1812-05-22)May 22, 1812
DiedApril 20, 1879(1879-04-20) (aged 66)
Occupation(s)Archbishop, scientist, writer, historian, educator
RelativesIvan 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”.

See also

Template:Persondata