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MIKHAIL
LOMONOSOV (1711-1765)
Mikhail Lomonosov is the father of the Russian science and one
of the most famous universities in the world.
Lomonosov was
born in 1711 in Arkhangelsk province. He began to read when he
was a little boy. He always wanted to study and when he was
nineteen he went to Moscow.
He entered the
Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy and six years later, in 1736, he was
sent abroad to complete his studies in Chemistry and mining.
Lomonosov worked
hard and became a great scientist. He was the first Russian
academician. Lomonosov opened the first Russian chemistry lab.
He was a physicist, a painter, an astronomer, a geographer, a
historian and a statesman.
In 1755 Mikhail
Lomonosov founded Moscow University which is now Moscow State
University named after him.
Mikhail made
research in electricity, gravity and the character of colour.
Lomonosov was also the author of many odes and poems.
He also published
a lot of scientific works, including the first book on Russian
grammar.
Lomonosov died in
1765 but people still remember him.
Vocabulary:
academician [э|кзеёэ'пцГ(э)п] академик
Arkhangelsk province [c^haerjgalsk 'provins] зд. Архангельская
область
chemistry lab ['kemistr^laeb] химическая лаборатория
complete studies [kam'pfi^stAdrz] завершить учебу
gravity ['graeviti] сила тяжести
enumerate [I'njumareit] перечислять
make research ['meik n's3:tj] исследовать
mining ['mainirj] горное дело
outstanding [aut'stcendirj] выдающийся
physicist [Trzisist] физик
statesman ['steitsman] политик
Questions:
1. Who was Lomonosov?
2. What can you say about Lomonosov's childhood?
3. Where did he study?
4. What professions did Lomonosov have?
5. What did the scientist found in Moscow?
6. Was he an author?
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