David Grimm (architect)

David Grimm
Давид Гримм
Born3 April [O.S. 22 March] 1823
Died21 November [O.S. 9 November] 1898 (aged 75)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
EducationMember Academy of Arts (1855)
Professor by rank (1860)
Alma materImperial Academy of Arts (1848)
Known forArchitecture
Notable workChersonesus Cathedral
AwardsBig Gold Medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1848)

David Ivanovich Grimm (Russian: Дави́д Ива́нович Гримм; 3 April [O.S. 22 March] 1823 – 21 November [O.S. 9 November] 1898) was a Russian architect, educator and historian of art specialising in the Byzantine Empire, Georgia and Armenia. Grimm belonged to the second generation of Russian neo-Byzantine architects and was the author of Orthodox cathedrals in Tbilisi, Chersonesos and smaller churches in Russia and Western Europe. Grimm was a long-term professor at the Imperial Academy of Arts and chaired its department of architecture in 1887–1892.