Mikhail Lomonosov was born in 1711 in Archangelsk province. His father
was a fisher and young Mikhail liked to help him. He always strove for
knowledge and liked reading books. As he was 19 years old, he decided to
study in Moscow. He went there on foot. In Moscow he entered the
Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy. After his graduation from Academy he was
sent abroad to complete his knowledge in chemistry and mining. After he
had returned from abroad, he became the first Russian professor of
chemistry in 1745.
At first he was engaged in research in physics and chemistry.
Since 1748 he had conducted works in the first Russian chemical research
laboratory, which was built at his request. Since 1753 he was engaged
in research in many fields of natural and applied sciences. He wrote
works on physics, astronomy, geography, history. Besides scientific
works, he wrote poems as well. He is the author of the first scientific
grammar of the Russian language.
He founded the factory producing colored glass. He created some
mosaics using the glass produced at the factory.
Lomonosov was the founder of the first Russian university. This
university is situated in Moscow and still carries his name.
Mikhail Lomonosov died in 1765. But he is still known as the
father of the Russian science, an outstanding poet, the founder of
Russian literature.
2 Mikhail Lomonosov is the father of the Russian sciences and outstanding
poet, the founder of Russian literature. Lomonosov was born in 1711 in
Arhangelsk province. He liked to spend his time fishing with his father.
He began to read himself then he was a little boy. He wanted to study
and when he was 19 he went by foot to Moscow. He decided to enter the
Slavic-Greek-Latin academy. He entered it and six years later in 1736 he
was sent abroad to complete his studies in chemistry and mining.
Lomonosov worked hard and he became a great scientist. He was a
physicist, a painter and astronomer, a geographer, a historian and a
statesman. Lomonosov made a telescope; he observed a lot of stars and
planets with his telescope. Lomonosov wrote the first scientific grammar
of Russian language. He wrote many poems. Lomonosov build a factory
near Petersburg. It was a factory where glass was produced. He made a
portrait of Peter I of pieces of glass. Lomonosov was the founder of the
first Russian University. This University is named after Lomonosov and
it is situated in Moscow. Lomonosov died in 1765 but people still know
and remember him.
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