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Pricess Dashkova returns to the Russian capital …
Years: 1781 - 1781
February
Pricess Dashkova returns to the Russian capital in 1782 and is at once taken into favor by the empress, who strongly sympathizes with her in her literary tastes, and especially in her desire to elevate Russian to a high place among the literary languages of Europe.
Immediately after her return, the princess was appointed Director of the Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences (known now as the Russian Academy of Sciences).
Theoretically the head of the Academy was always its President; however, Count Kirill Razumovsky, who had been appointed President in 1746 (when he was just eighteen) played only a nominal role in the Academy, and the actual leadership in the Academy, such as there was, belonged to successive Directors.
Dashkova is the first woman in the world to head a national academy of sciences.
Although not a scientist herself, Dashkova restores the failing institution to prominence and intellectual respectability.
This comes at a critical time in the history of science, its transformation from what is called natural philosophy, often practiced by gifted amateurs, to a professional enterprise.
Immediately after her return, the princess was appointed Director of the Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences (known now as the Russian Academy of Sciences).
Theoretically the head of the Academy was always its President; however, Count Kirill Razumovsky, who had been appointed President in 1746 (when he was just eighteen) played only a nominal role in the Academy, and the actual leadership in the Academy, such as there was, belonged to successive Directors.
Dashkova is the first woman in the world to head a national academy of sciences.
Although not a scientist herself, Dashkova restores the failing institution to prominence and intellectual respectability.
This comes at a critical time in the history of science, its transformation from what is called natural philosophy, often practiced by gifted amateurs, to a professional enterprise.
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