Julia Lermontova | |
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Born | Julia Lermontova 21 December 1846 |
Died | 16 December 1919 | (aged 72)
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
Known for | First Russian female doctorate in chemistry |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Julia Lermontova (Russian: Юлия Всеволодовна Лермонтова) (21 December 1846 – 16 December 1919 O.S. 2 January 1847) was a Russian chemist.[1] She is known as the first Russian woman to earn a doctorate in chemistry.[1] She studied at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Berlin before she received her doctorate by the University of Göttingen in 1874.[1] She was inducted to the Russian Chemical Society in 1875.[1]