Aleksey Shakhmatov

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Aleksey Shakhmatov
Алексей Шахматов
Born	(1864-06-17)17 June 1864 Narva, Russian Empire (now Narva, Estonia)
Died	16 August 1920(1920-08-16) (aged 56) Petrograd, Russian SFSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia)
Resting place	Volkovo Cemetery
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Occupation(s)	philologist, historian
Known for	science of textology

Aleksey Aleksandrovich Shakhmatov (Russian: Алексе́й Алекса́ндрович Ша́хматов, 17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1864 – 16 August 1920) was a Russian philologist and historian credited with laying the foundations for the science of textology.^[1] Shakhmatov held the title of Doctor of Russian language and philology (since 1894).^[2] He was a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (before 1917 the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences) since 1899 and a chair of the Department of Russian language and philology of the Academy of Sciences (1908–1920), a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party (1905) and the Russian Empire State Council (1906–1911).^[2]