Grigory Teplov

Grigory Nikolayevich Teplov (; 20 November 1717 in Pskov, Russia – 30 March 1779 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian philosopher, composer, historian and academic administrator of lowly birth who managed the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He also wielded influence over Little Russia in his capacity as secretary and advisor to Kirill Razumovsky (whose cousin he married). He was also an amateur musician and in 1751 printed a collection of his songs entitled Idle Hours Away from Work.

Biography Teplov was educated at Feofan Prokopovich's school in St. Petersburg and in Göttingen, Germany. On his return to Russia, Aleksey Razumovsky, the secret spouse of Empress Elisabeth, asked him to look after his junior brother Kirill. After Kirill turned 18, he was appointed President of the Academy of Sciences. It was Teplov who ran the institution on his behalf.