About Pavel Dashkov
Lived 1763 – 1807 (aged 43). Pavel Dashkov was a Russian military officer and engineer.
Prince Pavel Mikhailovich Dashkov FRS (12 May 1763 – 1807) was a Russian engineer.
Life He was the son of Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova and Mikhail Ivanovich Dashkov (1736–1764). He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, from 1777 to 1779, graduating with an MA. He was on Grigory Potyomkin's staff with Korsakov. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society on 8 February 1781.
Freemasonry Dashkov was a Scottish Freemason. He was Initiated in Lodge Canongate Kilwinning, No. 2, on 13 May 1779. He is recorded as 'Paul [Pavel], His Highness, Prince of Dashkov.'
Works Dissertatio philosophica inauguralis, de tragoedia. Paulus Daschkovie princeps, 1779
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Russian engineer
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Pavel Dashkov was born on 12 May 1763.
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Pavel Dashkov died on 6 January 1807.
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Pavel Dashkov was a military officer and engineer.
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