Kutorga M.S., (1809-1886), historian

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KUTORGA Mikhail Semenovich (1809-1886), Classicist, Associate of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1848). Came to St. Petersburg in 1813. In 1832, he graduated from the Professorial Institute associated to the University of Derpt. Three years later, he began teaching at the University of St. Petersburg, achieving professorship in 1838, and being elected Honorary Fellow in 1864. He also taught at the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Academy (1843-59), the Main Pedagogical Institute (1857-59), and other educational institutions. Founded the St. Petersburg academic school of historians, and his seminar was attended by V.V. Bauer, V.G. Vasilyevsky, and M.M. Stasyulevich. His main focus was on Ancient Greek History. In 1869, he transferred to the University of Moscow. Kutorga lived at 19 Fourth Line of Vasilievsky Island (1840s), and at 45 Second Line of Vasilievsky Island (1850s).

References: Константинова А. Д. Жизнь и научная деятельность М. С. Куторги // Вопросы историографии всеобщей истории: Сб. ст. Казань, 1967. Вып. 2. С. 80-122.

A. A. Kononov. Bauer Vasily Vasilievich
Kutorga Mikhail Semenovich
Stasyulevich Mikhail Matveevich
Vasilyevsky Vasily Grigorievich
2nd Line of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 45
4th Line of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 19
Константинова А. Д. Жизнь и научная деятельность М. С. Куторги // Вопросы историографии всеобщей истории: Сб. ст. Казань, 1967 Russian Academy of Sciences
State University, St. Petersburg
Scientific Society of Historians and Archivists