Marin Drinov

Marin Stoyanov Drinov
Марин Стоянов Дринов
Born
Марин Стоянов Дринов

(1838-10-20)20 October 1838
Died13 March 1906(1906-03-13) (aged 67)
Resting placeCentral Sofia Cemetery
42°42′44.6″N 023°19′57.9″E / 42.712389°N 23.332750°E / 42.712389; 23.332750
NationalityBulgarian
EducationDoctor of Science (1875)
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Alma materImperial Moscow University (1865)
OccupationHistorian

Marin Stoyanov Drinov (Bulgarian: Марин Стоянов Дринов, Russian: Марин Степанович Дринов; 20 October 1838 – 13 March 1906) was a Bulgarian historian and philologist from the National Revival period who lived and worked in Russia through most of his life.[1] He was one of the originators of Bulgarian historiography.[2] Drinov was a founding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (then the Bulgarian Literary Society), as well as its first chairman.

  1. ^ Bourchier, James David (1911). "Bulgaria/Language" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 04 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 784–786, see page 786. ...and Marin Drinoff, a Slavist of high repute, have written historical works....
  2. ^ Crampton, R. J. (2005). A Concise History of Bulgaria (2nd ed.). Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paolo: Cambridge University Press. p. 48.