Gavriil Ivanov
Gavriil Ivanov | |
|---|---|
Гавриил Афанасьевич Иванов | |
| Rector of Moscow University | |
| In office September 1887 – 1891 | |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Bogolepov |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Bogolepov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 July 1828[lower-alpha 1] Zhizdra Uyezd, Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 21 January 1901 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Education | Moscow University (1850) |
| Occupation | Classical philologist |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Privy Councillor |
Gavriil Afanasyevich Ivanov (Гавриил Афанасьевич Иванов; 11 July 1828 – 21 January 1901) was a Russian classical philologist who served as dean of the historical-philological faculty and as rector of Moscow University from 1887 to 1891.[1]
Early life and education
Ivanov was born on 11 July 1828 in Zhizdra Uyezd, Kaluga Governorate.[1] He graduated from the philosophy faculty of Moscow University in 1850.[1]
Academic career
From 1859, Ivanov taught Latin at Moscow University as an outside lecturer, becoming acting adjunct at the chair of Roman literature in 1860. He was awarded a doctorate without defending a dissertation in 1872, and in the same year became extraordinary and then, from December, ordinary professor at the chair of Roman literature, covering the Latin language and interpretation of authors, the history of Roman literature, and Roman antiquities, a post he held until 1884.[1] He subsequently served as ordinary professor at the chair of classical philology from 1884 to 1900.[1] From 1884 he was secretary, and from 1885 to 1887 dean, of the historical-philological faculty, returning to the deanship again from 1894 to 1899.[1]
Ivanov's scholarly interests centred on the ancient languages; in 1878 he delivered an address to the university's ceremonial assembly on Cicero's view of the contemporary study of eloquence in Rome in relation to his own education.[1] His published works, mostly lecture courses and teaching aids, included Roman Antiquities (1882), The Latin Language (1883), an edition of Cicero's speech in defence of Gnaeus Plancius (1892), a translation with introduction and notes of Book XXX of Livy (1894), a selection of Cicero's letters from the period of the struggle to restore the Roman Republic (1896), and lectures on Book 3 of Lucretius's De rerum natura (1898).[1] He was named an Honoured Professor of Moscow University in 1885 and an honorary member of the university in 1900.[1]
Rector of Moscow University
In September 1887, Ivanov was appointed rector of Moscow University with the aim of quelling student unrest. During his rectorship, which lasted until 1891, the Society of Neuropathologists and Psychiatrists was organised (1890), the Moscow Obstetric Society was founded (1887), and a gynaecological clinic was established on Devichye Pole (1889).[1] On leaving the rectorship, he was honoured with the Emperor's gratitude for his diligent and beneficial discharge of the duties of the office.
Death and legacy
Ivanov died in Moscow on 21 January 1901.[1] His personal scholarly library — comprising editions of Greek and Roman authors and books on astronomy and the history of music, some 1,790 volumes in total — was donated by his heirs to Moscow University after his death.[1] An obituary by the philologist Mikhail Pokrovsky was published in 1902.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Some sources give 1826.
References
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