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Dashkova, Princess Catherine, 1743-1810 (President of the Russian Academy)

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 28 March 1743 - 15 January 1810

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Diploma of foreign membership awarded to William Robertson, St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, 30 January 1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-71/6
Scope and Contents

St Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Diploma of foreign membership awarded to William Robertson by Princess Catharina Daschkow, Director, in the Name of Empress Catherine II. 30 January 1783. Signed by the princess and by Johannes Albertus Euler as Secretary.

Dates: 30 January 1783
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Certificates, Diplomas etc of Principal William Robertson

Draft letter from Joseph Black to Princess Dashkova, 29 August 1787

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/36-39
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black, Edinburgh to Princess Dashkova, dated 29 Aug. 1787. The letter is about University news and contains an account of James Hutton's theory of the earth.

Dates: 29 August 1787
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black III

Draft letter from Joseph Black to Princess Dashkova and her son, Prince Pauel Dashkov, 4 September 1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/139F
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black, Edinburgh to Princess Dashkova and her son, Prince Pauel Dashkov, dated 4 September 1783.

Dates: 4 September 1783
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black II

Letter from John Grieve to Joseph Black , 29 May 1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/123-124
Scope and Contents

Letter from John Grieve, Riga to Joseph Black, dated 29 May 1783. The letter relates to Grieve sending Black a diploma from Princess Dashkova.

Dates: 29 May 1783
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black II

Letter from Prince Pavel Dashkov to Joseph Black, 29 January 1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/90-93
Scope and Contents

Letter from Prince Pavel Dashkov, St Petersburg to Joseph Black, dated 29 Jan. 1783. The letter is to inform Black that he has been elected an Honorary Member of the St Petersburg Academy of Science on the proposal of his mother, Princess Dashkova. The item includes Black's draft reply to Prince Pavel Dashkov.

Dates: 29 January 1783
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black II

Letter from Princess Dashkova to Joseph Black, 12 February 1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/102
Scope and Contents

Letter from Princess Dashkova, St Petersburg to Joseph Black, dated 12 February 1783. The letter is about Princess Dashkova inviting Black to correspond with the Academy of Science on chemical subjects.

Dates: 12 February 1783
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black II

Letter from Princess Dashkova to Joseph Black, 21 February 1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/103
Scope and Contents

Letter from Princess Dashkova, St Petersburg to Joseph Black, dated 21 February 1783. The letter is about Princess Dashkova inviting Black to correspond with the Academy of Science on chemical subjects.

Dates: 21 February 1783
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black II

Letter from Princess Dashkova to Joseph Black, 7 July 1786 and 18 July 1786

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/274-275
Scope and Contents

Letter from Princess Dashkova, St Petersburg to Joseph Black, dated 7 July 1786 and 18 July 1786. The letter is about recommending Mr Edanoff who is going to study at Edinburgh.

Dates: 7 July 1786 and 18 July 1786
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black II

Letter from Princess Dashkova to Joseph Black and draft letter from Joseph Black to Princess Dashkova, undated and 21 March 1788

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/73-75
Scope and Contents

Letter from Princess Dashkova to Joseph Black, undated. The letter is about commending three students from St Petersburg. The item also contains draft letter from Joseph Black's to Princess Dashkova, dated 21 March 1788.

Dates: undated and 21 March 1788
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black III

The Dashkov Medals

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-21
Scope and Contents

Some of the medals show rulers of Russia, military figures, statesmen, events of the reign of Peter the Great. Others mark events such as coronations, accessions, marriages and deaths of Russian rulers. Imperial institutions are commemorated, as are cities and buildings of the Russian empire.

Dates: before 1777
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections