Mikhail Priklonsky
Mikhail Priklonsky | |
|---|---|
Михаил Васильевич Приклонский | |
| Director of Moscow University | |
| In office 17 February 1771 – 1784 | |
| Preceded by | Anton Teils (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Pavel Fonvizin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 December 1728 Russian Empire |
| Died | 6 December 1794 Russian Empire |
| Occupation | Civil servant, university administrator |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Active state councillor |
Mikhail Vasilyevich Priklonsky (Михаил Васильевич Приклонский; also known by the given name Elevfery; 8 December 1728 – 6 December 1794) was a Russian civil servant who served as director of Moscow University from 1771 to 1784.[1]
Early career
Priklonsky entered military service in 1742 and transferred to the civil service in 1748.[2] In 1761–1762, he was delegated as a deputy of the nobility of Nizhny Novgorod Governorate to the Commission for the Drafting of a New Law Code.[1][2] From 1763 he served as a collegiate councillor at the Heraldry Office of the Governing Senate, from which he was again delegated to the Law Code Commission in 1767.[1][2]
Director of Moscow University
Mikhail Kheraskov left the directorship of Moscow University in May 1770, and the vice-director, Anton Teils, acted in his place until February 1771.[1] On 17 February 1771, the university's curator, Ivan Melissino, presented state councillor Priklonsky to the university's Conference as its new director, a post he held until 1784.[1]
The principal achievements credited to his thirteen years as director are the professors' memorandum to the Governing Senate, "On the Needs and Shortcomings of Moscow University," which argued for an increased university budget and for relocating the university to the Sparrow Hills, and his role, alongside curator Melissino, in establishing the "Free Russian Assembly" learned society.[1][2] Priklonsky was a contributor to the society's journal, Opyt Trudov Volnogo Rossiyskogo Sobraniya ("Essays of the Works of the Free Russian Assembly"), in which he published, among other items, the 1618 ambassadorial instruction to the Shah of Persia.[3] On 1 January 1781, he was promoted to active state councillor.[2] In 1784, he was succeeded as director by Pavel Ivanovich Fonvizin.[2][1]
Later life
In the second half of the 18th century, Priklonsky acquired the Podvyazye estate, which subsequently passed to the Rukavishnikov family.[4] He died on 6 December 1794.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Приклонский, Михаил Васильевич (общественный деятель)" (in русский). Wikipedia (Russian edition). Retrieved 10 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "РБС/ВТ/Приклонский, Михаил Васильевич (действительный статский советник)" (in русский). Russian Biographical Dictionary (Wikisource). Retrieved 10 September 2026.
- ↑ "Приклонский Михаил Васильевич" (in русский). Biographiya.com. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
- ↑ "Усадьба Подвязье — старинное поместье Приклонских-Рукавишниковых" (in русский). Puti-Dorogi-NN.ru. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
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