Name Lev Perovski Died November 21, 1856 | ||
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Born 9 September 1792 ( 1792-09-09 ) | ||
Education Moscow State University | ||
Count Lev Aleksevich von Perovski (Russian: Лев Алексе́евич Перо́вский, also transliterated as Perofsky, Perovskii, Perovskiy, Perovsky, Perowski, and Perowsky; also credited as L.A. Perovski) (9 September 1792 – 21 November 1856) was a Russian nobleman and mineralogist who also served as Minister of Internal Affairs under Nicholas I of Russia.
In 1845, he proposed the creation of the Russian Geographical Society.
The mineral perovskite is named for him.
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