| LC control no. | no2016051628 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Demidov, Akinfiĭ Nikitich, 1678-1745 |
| Variant(s) | Демидов, Акинфий Никитич, 1678-1745 |
| Located | Siberia (Russia) |
| Birth date | 1678 |
| Death date | 1745-08-05 |
| Place of birth | Tula (Russia) |
| Place of death | Kama River Region (Russia) |
| Field of activity | Mineral industries Mines and mineral resources Mining engineering |
| Profession or occupation | Industrialists Mineral collectors Philanthropists |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Ogarkov, V.V. Demidovy, osnovateli gornogo dela v Rossii, 2015: p. 5 (Akinfiĭ ... Demidovykh; son of Nikita) Vikipedii︠a︡, April 15, 2016 (Demidov, Akinfiĭ Nikitich; b. 1678 in Tula; d. Aug. 5(17), 1745; entrepreneur in mining & metallurgy in the southern Urals & in Siberia) Russkīĭ bīograficheskīĭ slovarʹ, viewed online 22 December 2021: (Демидовъ, Акинфій Никитичъ = Demidovʺ, Akinfīĭ Nikitichʺ, mining entrepreneur, Russian state councillor, born in Tula in 1678, died 5 August 1745 on the Kama River on the way from Petersburg to Siberia, buried in Tula. As a young man, having learned the mining industry from his father, traveled to Western Europe to observe mining enterprises there; in Freiburg found a rich collection of minerals which he brought back with him to Siberia, adding Siberian minerals to the collection and donating it to Moscow University; founder of dozens of iron, copper, lead, malachite mines and factories throughout Siberia, amassed great wealth and came to the attention of both Peter the Great and Empress Elizabeth Petrovna) |
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