What is Mikhail Lomonosov?
{{Infobox person |name = Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov |native_name = Михайло Васильевич Ломоносов |image = M.V. Lomonosov by L.Miropolskiy after G.C.Prenner (1787, RAN).jpg |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1711|11|19|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Lomonosovo, Arkhangelsk Oblast|Denisovka]], [[Archangelgorod Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1765|4|15|1711|11|19|mf=y}} |death_place = [[Saint Petersburg]] |occupation = Sphere of science: [[natural science]], [[chemistry]], [[physics]], [[mineralogy]], [[history]], [[philology]], optical devices and others. Lomonosov was also a poet. |alma_mater = [[Saint Petersburg State University]], [[University of Marburg]], [[Slavic Greek Latin Academy]] |spouse = Elisabeth Zilch |parents = |children = Yelena }} '''Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov''' ({{OldStyleDate|November 19|1711|November 8}}&nbsp;– {{OldStyleDate|April 15|1765|April 4}}) was a [[Russia]]n [[polymath]], [[scientist]] and [[writer]]. Lomonosov made important contributions to [[literature]], [[education]], and [[science]]. Among his discoveries was the [[atmosphere of Venus]]. As a [[scientist]], he contributed to the fields of [[chemistry]] including principle of [[conservation of mass]], [[physics]], [[mineralogy]], [[history]], [[art]], [[philology]] and [[optics]], amongst others. Lomonosov was also a [[poet]], and influenced the development of the modern [[Russian language|Russian literary language]]. {{biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilyevich}} [[Category:1711 births]] [[Category:1765 deaths]] [[Category:Russian chemists]]