About Pavel Fonvizin
Lived 1746 – 1803 (aged 56). Pavel Fonvizin was a Russian writer and poet.
Pavel Ivanovich Fonvizin (29 May 1746 – 24 April 1803 in Moscow) was a Russian educator, scholar, and writer, who served as Rector for the Imperial Moscow University from 1784 to 1796. He was the younger brother of playwright Denis Fonvizin, and son of state councillor Ivan Fonvizin.
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(1746—1803) — Director of the Imperial Moscow University.
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Pavel Fonvizin was born on 29 May 1746.
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Pavel Fonvizin died on 24 April 1803 in Moscow.
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Pavel Fonvizin was a writer and poet.
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Pavel Fonvizin was Russian.
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