Golit︠s︡yn, Dmitriĭ Alekseevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1734-1803

LC control no.	n 85065933
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Personal name heading	Golit︠s︡yn, Dmitriĭ Alekseevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1734-1803 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Голицын, Дмитрий Алексеевич, князь, 1734-1803 Gallitzin, Demetrius von, Fürst, 1734-1803 Gallitzin, Dimitri A., Fürst, 1734-1803 Golicyn, Dmitrij Alekseevič, Fürst, 1734-1803 Golit︠s︡yn, D. A. (Dmitriĭ Alekseevich), kni︠a︡zʹ, 1734-1803 Von Gallitzin, Demetrius, Fürst, 1734-1803 Galitzin, prince, 1734-1803 Gallitzin, Dimitri de, prince, 1734-1803 Gallitzine, Dmitri-Alexéievitch, 1734-1803 Golicin, Dmitrij Alekseevič, 1734-1803 Golitsyn, Dmitri Alexeïvitch, 1734-1803 Golizyn, Dmitri Alexejewitsch, 1734-1803 G., D., prince de, 1734-1803 D. de G., prince, 1734-1803
Located	Hague (Netherlands)
Birth date	1734-05-26
Death date	1803-03-16
Place of birth	Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Place of death	Braunschweig (Germany)
Field of activity	Diplomatic and consular service, Russian Learning and scholarship Natural history Mineralogy
Affiliation	Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina Royal Society (Great Britain) Sozietät für die Gesamte Mineralogie zu Jena
Profession or occupation	Ambassadors Scholars Naturalists Mineralogists
Special note	Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found in	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) 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) Helvétius. De l'homme, 1773 (name not given; dedication to Catherine II, empress of Russia, signed: "Par l'éditeur" ) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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") 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) Russian Wikipedia, Dec. 16, 2015 (article title: Голицын, Дмитрий Алексеевич; Князь Дмитрий Алексеевич Голицын (May 15, 1734 [Julian], Saint Petersburg-March 16, 1803, Braunschweig)) 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))
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