Pavel Alandsky

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Pavel Alandsky
Born
Pavel Ivanovich Alandsky

29 June 1844
Died28 October 1883(1883-10-28) (aged 39)
Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
NationalityRussian
Occupation(s)historian and academic
Years active1873–1883
Imprinted lettering in Adlansky book (pre-1918)

Pavel Ivanovich Alandsky (Russian: Па́вел Ива́нович Ала́ндский; 17 June [O.S. 29 June] 1844 – 16 October [O.S. 28 October] 1883) was a Russian classical philologist and historian who specialized in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.[1]

Biography

Alandsky was born in Tosno in the Saint Petersburg Governorate, to parents Ivan Stefanovich and Yevdokia Ivanovich. His father was the village priest in Tosno.[2] At age 13, he entered the Alexander Nevsky seminary for boys in Saint Petersburg. In 1865, he graduated from the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy, and five years later graduated from the University of Saint Petersburg.[3]

Starting in 1870, he taught Latin at the Nevsky seminary while furthering his studies in Greek literature at the University of Saint Petersburg. He defended his thesis on 1 April 1873, and that fall he was admitted as an assistant professor to his alma mater, where he lectured

University of Saint Vladimir. In 1877, the university sent him to study ancient art monuments in Florence, Rome and Naples
. Starting in 1878, he also taught history at the Kiev University for Women.

In 1883, Alandsky died just 39,

meotope of Homer, along with the inscription: "He knew all about the depths of the past, but he could not foresee the terrible event that happened to him on a fishing trip."[5]

Bibliography

Alandsky left behind several unfinished works, but also contributed several well-respected books and a guidebook for teaching high-school Latin. His master's thesis, a study of the

The Odyssey, was published in Russian in 1873 and translated into French, German and Italian.[5] Analysis of his body of work show he was a follower of the schools of philologists Heymann Steinthal and Berthold Delbrück.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Аландский, Павел Иванович". Русский биографический словарь [Russian Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). 1883. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ^ АЛАНДСКИЕ [Alandskie] (in Russian). Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Аландский Павел Иванович". Биографический словарь [Russian Biographical Dictionary)] (in Russian). 2000. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  4. ^ Выдающиеся люди региона: Аландский Павел Иванович [Outstanding People in the Region: Alandsky, Pavel Ivanovich] (in Russian). Leningrad Oblast. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. ^
    Zerkalo Nedeli (in Russian). Archived
    from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2015.