Golit︠s︡yn, Dmitriĭ Alekseevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1734-1803
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Name (Latin)
Golit︠s︡yn, Dmitriĭ Alekseevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1734-1803
Other forms of name
D. de G., prince, 1734-1803
G., D., prince de, 1734-1803
Galitzin, prince, 1734-1803
Gallitzin, Demetrius von, Fürst, 1734-1803
Gallitzin, Dimitri A., Fürst, 1734-1803
Gallitzin, Dimitri de, prince, 1734-1803
Gallitzine, Dmitri-Alexéievitch, 1734-1803
Golicin, Dmitrij Alekseevič, 1734-1803
Golicyn, Dmitrij Alekseevič, Fürst, 1734-1803
Golitsyn, Dmitri Alexeïvitch, 1734-1803
Golit︠s︡yn, D. A. (Dmitriĭ Alekseevich), kni︠a︡zʹ, 1734-1803
Golizyn, Dmitri Alexejewitsch, 1734-1803
Von Gallitzin, Demetrius, Fürst, 1734-1803
Date of birth
1734-05-26
Date of death
1803-03-07
Field of activity
Diplomatic and consular service, Russian
Learning and scholarship
Mineralogy
Natural history
Occupation
Ambassadors
Mineralogists
Naturalists
Scholars
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Biographie universelle, v. 15, 1856:page 425 (under Galitzin (Dimitri II, prince de), died 1793: Galitzin (Dimitri III, prince de), relative of the preceding; appointed ambassador to France, 1765; corresponded with Voltaire; ambassador in the Hague, approximately 1773, where he published an edition of the works of Helvétius augmented by De l'homme; upon the outbreak of the French Revolution, he retired to Germany and pursued the study of natural history; member of academies of St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Berlin and Brussels; died at Braunschweig, March 17, 1803; lists several works on natural history and history, all in French; also published poetry in French)
- Cioranescu, A. Bibliographie de la littérature française du dix-huitième siècle, 1969:v. 2, page 934, entry 33651 (under Helvétius. De l'homme: publié par le prince Galitzin)
- Damian-Grint, Peter. "Dimitri Alexeievich Galitzin, Prince Galitzin," biographical note, Electronic Enlightenment Biographical Dictionary, updated June 2013, viewed Dec. 16, 2015(Dimitri Alexeievich Galitzin, Prince Galitzin, born December 21, 1735 [sic], Russia, died March 17, 1803; "Russian ambassador under Catherine II to France in 1763 and to Holland in 1773. He married Countess Adelheid Amalie von Schmettau (1748-1806); they had one child, the American missionary Prince Demetrius Gallitzin (1770-1840). Author of Description de la Tauride (1788), Traité de minéralogie (1792) and L'Esprit des économistes (1796). A keen amateur scientist, he created a rich cabinet of mineralogy which he donated to the Academy of Jena, of which he was the president")
- German National Library/Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Dec. 16, 2015(AAP: Golicyn, Dmitrij A.; dates: 1738 [sic]-1803; gender: male; country: Russia, Germany; occupations: diplomat, politician, mineralogist; also Fürst [prince], minister, spouse of Fürstin Amalie von Golicyn; lists 18 variants of name)
- German Wikipedia, Dec. 16, 2015(Dmitri Alexejewitsch Golizyn, Russian Дмитрий Алексеевич Голицын, also Galitzin, born May 15, 1734 [Julian], Saint Petersburg; March 17, 1803, Braunschweig; art agent for Empress Catherine II of Russia, vulcanologist, mineralogist and author; probably from 1760 to 1768 at the Russian embassy in Paris, then from 1769, ambassador in the Hague; member of Societät für die gesammte Mineralogie zu Jena, 1796, and its president, 1799)
- Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle français, 1866-1877, via Gallica, Dec. 16, 2015:v. 8, page 958 (under Galitzin or Gallitzine, ancient Russian princely family: Dmitri III, prince Galitzin, Russian diplomat, scholar and author, born [sic], died 1803)
- Helvétius. De l'homme, 1773(name not given; dedication to Catherine II, empress of Russia, signed: "Par l'éditeur" )
- National Library of France/Bibliothèque nationale de France. BnF autorités, Dec. 16, 2015(AAP: Golicyn, Dmitrij Alekseevič (1734-1803); born 1734-05-26 [Gregorian], died 1803-03-07; diplomat, naturalist and literary author; lists works in French; also wrote in Russian)
- Nouvelle biographie générale, v. 19, 1857:columns 316-317 (Gallitzine (Dmitri-Alexéievitch), born Dec. 21, 1738, died Braunschweig, Mar. 21, 1803; appointed ambassador to France, Nov. 6, 1763; appointed ambassador to the Hague, 1773; after French conquest of the Netherlands, he retired to Braunschweig, where he pursued the study of natural history)
- OCLC, Dec. 16, 2015(usage: Des Fürsten Demetrius von Gallitzin; le prince Dimitri de Gallitzin; le prince D. de Gallitzin; le prince Dimitri de Gallizin; le prince D ... de G ...; Dmitrii Alekseevich Golitsyn (1734-1803))
- Russian Wikipedia, Dec. 16, 2015(article title: Голицын, Дмитрий Алексеевич; Князь Дмитрий Алексеевич Голицын (May 15, 1734 [Julian], Saint Petersburg-March 16, 1803, Braunschweig))
- Smith, David. Bibliography of the writings of Helvétius, 2001:pages 292-294 (Dmitri Alexeïvitch Golitsyn, the Russian ambassador at the Hague; charged with overseeing the publication of Helvétius' De l'homme after Helvétius' agent was obliged to return to Paris because of Helvétius' death in 1772; became involved with the publication because it was to be dedicated to Catherine II, empress of Russia)
- Tchemerzine, A. Bibliographie d'éditions originales et rares d'auteurs français des XVe, XVIe, XVIIe, et XVIIIe siècles, 1977, v. 3, page 676 (under Helvétius. De l'homme: publié par les soins du prince Galitzin)
- T︠S︡verava, G. K. Dmitriĭ Alekseevich Golit︠s︡yn, 1734-1803, 1985:title page verso and passim (D.A. Golit︠s︡yn) page 9 (born May 15 [Julian], Saint Petersburg) page 172 (died March 4/16 [Julian/Gregorian], 1803, in Braunschweig and was buried there on March 9/21 in the cemetery of St. Nikolaus)
- VIAF, Dec. 16, 2015:VIAF ID: 316880707 (Golit︠s︡yn, Dmitriĭ Alekseevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1734-1803: Library of Congress/NACO; Golicyn, Dmitrij Alekseevič (1734-1803): NUKAT Center of Warsaw University Library) VIAF ID: 120737514 (Golicyn, Dmitrij Alekseevič 1734-1803: National Library of the Netherlands, National Library of France, ISNI; Golitsyn, Dmitri Alekseevitch, 1734-1803: Sudoc [ABES], France; Голицын, Дмитрий Алексеевич: Wikidata) VIAF ID: 2808803 (Golicyn, Dmitrij A. 1738-1803: German National Library; Golicin, Dmitrij Alekseevič: RERO - Library Network of Western Switzerland)
- Wikidata, Dec. 16, 2015(English: Demetrius Alekseyevich Gallitzin; German: Dmitri Alexejewitsch Golizyn; French: Dimitri Alexeïevitch Galitzine; Russian diplomat; male; born St. Petersburg, died Braunschweig; date of birth: 21 December 1738 [sic]; date of death: 21 March 1803; Fellow of the Royal Society; member of German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Wikipedia, Dec. 16, 2015(article title: Dmitri Alekseyevich Gallitzin; Prince Dmitri Alexeievich Gallitzin FRS (21 December 1728 [sic]-16 March 1803; born in Saint Petersburg)
- T︠S︡verava, G. K. Dmitriĭ Alekseevich Golit︠s︡yn, 1985:t.p. (1734-1803) t.p. verso, etc. (D. A. Golit︠s︡yn)
- Russ. Brockhaus(under Golit︠s︡yny (kni︠a︡zʹi︠a︡): Dmitrīĭ Aleksi︠e︡evich, 1734-1803)
- His Des Fürsten Demetrius von Gallitzin ... Sendschreiben an die Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg über einige Gegenstände der Electricität, 1780:t.p. (Des Fürsten Demetrius von Gallitzin, wirklichen Kammerherrns, russischen kaiserlichen geheimden Raths und ausserordentlichen Envoyes in Haag)
- Amalie von Gallitzin, c1993:p. 11 (Fürst Dimitri A. Gallitzin)
- Vom Geist der Ökonomisten, c2001:t.p. (Dmitrij Alekseevič Golicyn)