Pavel Dashkov

Prince Pavel Mikhailovich Dashkov FRS (12 May 1763 – 1807) was a Russian engineer.

Life

He was the son of Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova and Mikhail Ivanovich Dashkov (1736–1764). He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, from 1777 to 1779, graduating with an MA.[1][2] He was on Grigory Potyomkin's staff with Korsakov.[3] He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society on 8 February 1781.

Freemasonry

Dashkov was a Scottish Freemason. He was Initiated in Lodge Canongate Kilwinning, No. 2, on 13 May 1779. He is recorded as 'Paul [Pavel], His Highness, Prince of Dashkov.' [4]

Works

Dissertatio philosophica inauguralis, de tragoedia. Paulus Daschkovie princeps, 1779

References

"The Dashkov Medals", Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections and Archives
"BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND RUSSIA", THE PHILOSOPHICAL AGE p.125
Prince of princes: the life of Potemkin, Sebag Montefiore, Macmillan, 2001, ISBN 978-0-312-27815-1
History of the Lodge Canongate Kilwinning, No.2, compiled from the records 1677-1888. By Alan MacKenzie. 1888. P.244.

External links

Lodge Canongate Kilwinning, No. 2 (Edinburgh)

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[1] "The Dashkov Medals", Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections and Archives

[2] "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND RUSSIA", THE PHILOSOPHICAL AGE p.125

[3] Prince of princes: the life of Potemkin, Sebag Montefiore, Macmillan, 2001, ISBN 978-0-312-27815-1

[4] History of the Lodge Canongate Kilwinning, No.2, compiled from the records 1677-1888. By Alan MacKenzie. 1888. P.244.