Biography Idrisi

Idrisi (Abu Abdallah Muhammad al-Shefir al-I., And El-Edris) (1100) – Arabic geographer, came from a kind Idrisid born. Tseute in about 1100 and in early youth went to Cordoba, traveled part of Spain, sat. Africa and Asia Minor, and later accepted an invitation from the King of Sicily, Roger II, on whose orders was in 1154 a wide geographical work, served notice in seven silver Map is the same Roger II.

In drawing up its IM guided by natural observations and descriptions of travel, as well as the testimony of Jewish, Arab, Franks, and especially Greek merchants. His news of the Russian I. amounted to legend Ibn Hawqal and al-Dzhaygani, writer or the beginning of the end of the IX th century, whose writings have not survived.
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Biography Lisiansky Yury Fedorovich

Lisyanskii Yuri F. (1784 – 1837) – the traveler. He was brought up in the marine corps, along with Kruzenstern, with whom (and to some extent separately) made a voyage around the world, described them in an interesting, indicating a remarkable observation, and equipped with a good atlas "Around the World in 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806 ". (St.-Petersburg, 1812). The book itself LS translated into English. language: "A voyage round the World" (Lond., 1814). In addition, LA has translated: "The movement of fleets" (St. Petersburg, 1803).

Biography Bezobrazoff Vladimir Pavlovich

BEZOBRAZOV Vladimir Pavlovich (1828 – 1889). VP BEZOBRAZOV a figure of the Russian Geographical Society in the 50's and 60's of the XIX century.
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Bio Groom Grzhimailo Grigory Yefimovich

Groom Grzhimailo Gregory E. (05 (17) .02.1860 – 03.03.1936), American geographer, researcher of Middle and Central Asia, Honored Scientist of RSFSR (1928). In 1920-31 Vice-President of the Geographical Society of the USSR. Brother of VE Grum-Grzhimailo. Born to an economist. In 1884 he graduated from the natural sciences department of Physics and Mathematics Faculty of St. Petersburg University. Lecturer geography Asian universities of Leningrad.
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Biography of Nikita Petrovich Sokolov

Nikita Petrovich Sokolov (1748 – 04/07/1795) – Member of the Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy, the author of many scholarly works, was born in the village Crutzen, Vladimir (now the Pokrovsky) county. 10 years old, was taken by his father, who served sacristan in that village, to the Trinity Lavra Seminary, where, and was adopted April 17, 1759 In 1767 S. moved into a theological class, and in November of this year came from the Synod Director of the Academy of Sciences of Count V. Orlov, full-term that the Academy of Sciences to ten young people "good behavior and nezazornogo and understanding the Latin language. In that same full-term, it was stated at the Trinity Lavra Seminary students, which already at that time stood out from among the others.
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Biography Arsen'eva Konstantin Ivanovich

Konstantin Arseniev (1789 – 1865) – one of the first workers in the field of Russian economic geography, have done a lot for the development of regional trends in economic geography. In his "the seal of the Russian State Statistics" Arseniev gave one of the first regions of Russia on set of natural and economic characteristics; highlighted in this decade his work "spaces" gave substantial characteristics appropriate to their situation, with the economic assessment of environmental conditions, taking into account the dynamics of their past development and with some outline of their possible future development.

In his numerous works he advanced scientific combined views and progressive for its time, public perceptions, many times speaking out against serfdom.
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Biography of David Livingstone

David Livingstone (Livingstone) (1813 – 05/01/1873) – the famous English explorer, he studied theology and medicine and in 1840 was sent to London Missionary Society in Kapland, a missionary.

In 1849 he walked from the missionary station in the country Kolobeng Bechuana to the lake. Ngami, in 1851, reached the upper reaches of the Zambezi.
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Biography Golovnina Vasily Mikhailovich

Golovnin Vassily Mikhailovich (04/19/1776 – 1831) from an old noble family of Ryazan province. His father and grandfather had served in the Transfiguration of the regiment, where, according to custom, the 6 th year of birth was recorded and a sergeant said.
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Biography of Paul Joseph Safarik

Safarik Paul Joseph (13/05/1795 – 26/06/1861) – famous Czech scientist. Born in the village Kobelyarove, family evangelical pastor, Slovakia. He studied at the Evangelical Lyceum in Kežmarok, used at that time of great fame. On this school Safarik preserved forever the best memories.
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Biography Severgin Vasily Mikhailovich

Severgin Vasily Mikhailovich (1765 – 1826) – chemist and mineralogist, was trained in an academic high school and university academic, and in 1785 was sent to Göttingen to study mineralogy. In 1789 C. was elected assistant professor at the department of Mineralogy and in 1793 he was elevated to the rank of academician and professor of mineralogy, and in this capacity he remained until his death. As a scientist, SA stood at the height of contemporary development of science in the European scientific world and, at the same time, he always had in mind the study of Russia and the works of its nature, the enrichment of Russian scientific literature and the dissemination of knowledge in Russian society. The main task of a mineralogist, and naturalist generally considered the most stringent S. accuracy in observation and description with the avoidance of any arbitrary theories, which eventually brings only harm.
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