title: Shamil Abdurrahim oglu Azizbayov
text: # Shamil Abdurrahim oglu Azizbayov
  
  Shamil Abdurrahim oglu Azizbayov (1906–1976) was an Azerbaijani geologist specializing in petrology and metallogeny. He was one of the founders (1945) and a vice-president of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.
  
  * Chairman of the Department of Geology, chemistry sciences and oil (1945–1947).
  * Member of Presidium and academic Secretary of the Department of Earth Sciences of (1959–1976).
  * Head of the Department of Crystallography, Mineralogy and Petrography of the Azerbaijan Industrial Institute (1945–1959).
  * One of the founders of geology and petrography school in Azerbaijan.
  * Honored scientist of Azerbaijan Republic (1960).
  