Back كاترين فورونتسوفا داشكوفا Arabic يايكاتيرينا داشكوڤا ARZ Кацярына Раманаўна Дашкава Byelorussian Iekaterina Dàixkova Catalan Дашкова, Екатерина Романовна CE Jekatěrina Daškovová Czech Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova Welsh Jekaterina Romanowna Woronzowa-Daschkowa German Γιεκατερίνα Βοροντσόβα-Ντάσκοβα Greek Jekaterina Daŝkova Esperanto
Yekaterina Vorontsova Dashkova | |
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.jpg) Portrait by Dmitry Levitsky, 1784. | |
| Born | Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova 28 March 1743 Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 15 January 1810 (aged 66) Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Spouse | Prince Mikhail Ivanovich Dashkov |
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| Director of Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences | |
| In office 1783–1796 | |
| Monarchs | Catherine II Paul I |
| Preceded by | Sergey Domashnev |
| Succeeded by | Pavel Bakunin |
| Chairwoman of Imperial Russian Academy | |
| In office 1783–1796 | |
| Monarchs | Catherine II Paul I |
| Preceded by | office created |
| Succeeded by | Pavel Bakunin |
Princess Yekaterina Romanovna Dashkova[a] (born Countess Vorontsova; Russian: Екатери́на Рома́новна Да́шкова [Воронцо́ва];[b] 28 March 1743 – 15 January 1810)[note 1][2] was an influential noblewoman, a major figure of the Russian Enlightenment and a close friend of Empress Catherine the Great. She was part of the coup d'état that placed Catherine on the throne, the first woman in the world to head a national academy of sciences, the first woman in Europe to hold a government office[3] and the president of the Russian Academy, which she helped found. She also published prolifically, with original and translated works on many subjects,[4] and was invited by Benjamin Franklin to become the first female member of the American Philosophical Society.
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- ^ Dashkova, Ekaterina Romanovna (1995). The Memoirs of Princess Dashkova. Translated by Fitzlyon, Kyril. Duke University Press. p. 31. ISBN 9780822316213. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. This source reports that Prince Dashkov died in 1761.
- ^ Levitt, Marcus C. (1995). Early Modern Russian Writers, Late Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. pp. 65–68. ISBN 0-8103-5711-9.
- ^ "Dashkova, Yekaterina Romanovna". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
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