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(b. Chistopol, Kazanskaya [now Tatarskaya, A.S.S.R.], Russia, 6 September 1828; d.a Butlerovka, Kazanskaya, Russia, 17 August 1886)

chemistry.

Butlerov’s father, Mikhail Vasilievich Butlerov, a retired lieutenant colonel, and mother, Sofia Mikhailovna, owned part of Butlerovka village.

Butlerovka received his primary education in a private boarding school, later attended a Gymnasium in Kazan, and studied at Kazan University from 1844 to 1849.

Immediately after graduating from the university, Butlerov began teaching chemistry there, at first (1849–1850) part-time, then as Carl Claus’s official assistant; from 1852, after Claus’s transfer to Dorpat University, he taught all the chemistry courses in the university.

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Between 1860 and 1863 he was twice rector of the university. From 1868 to 1885 Butlerov was a professor of chemistry at St. Petersburg University. In 1885, after thirty-five years of service, he retired but continued to teach speci