Semyon Desnitsky

Semyon Desnitsky
Born1740
Nezhin
Died(1798-06-26)June 26, 1798
Moscow
EducationDoctor of Science (1767)
Alma materImperial Moscow University (1760)
Scientific career
InstitutionsImperial Moscow University

Semyon Efimovich Desnitsky (Russian: Семён Ефимович Десницкий; c. 1740 in Nezhin, Russian Empire – June 26, 1789 in Moscow, Russian Empire) was a Russian legal scholar. He was known as a disciple of Adam Smith and introduced his ideas to the Russian public.[1][2] He was also the first academic to deliver his lectures in Russian language rather than in Latin.

  1. ^ Scott, W.R. (1937). Adam Smith as Student and Professor. Glasgow: Jackson Son & Co. pp. 158n. & 424 ff – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Raphael, D. D. (1985). Adam Smith. London and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 18 – via Internet Archive.