Dmitry Grigorievich Glinka ( July 29, 1808 - May 14, 1883 , Lisbon ) - Russian diplomat , sociologist and writer , a real privy councilor .
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Biography
Dmitry Glinka was born on July 29, 1808; the son of the professor at the University of Dorpat, Grigory Andreyevich Glinka and Ustinha (Justina) Karlovna ( nee Küchelbeker ; 1784-1871) [1] .
He was educated in a noble boarding house at St. Petersburg University , where he was a pupil of his maternal uncle, the Decembrist V.K. Kyukhelbeker .
After graduating from a boarding school in 1824 with the right to the rank of X class , on January 17, 1825 he entered the service of the College of Foreign Affairs and held the posts of second secretary in Copenhagen in our missions (from May 15, 1831 , renamed the junior secretaries on December 31, 1835 ), Senior Secretary in Stockholm since March 20, 1837 , Counselor in Berlin since July 9, 1846 .
While serving in Stockholm from May 22, 1841 to March 14, 1844 he corrected the position of charge d'affaires. March 25, 1844 promoted to state councilors . On January 29, 1850, he was appointed charge d'affaires at the courts of Hesse-Darmstadt , Hesse-Kassel , Nassau . April 8, 1851 promoted to full state councilors . In 1853 he was sent by courier to the Union Diet in Frankfurt (instead of Prince A.M. Gorchakov ), where, like his predecessor, he became close to the Prussian Ambassador Otto von Bismarck .
Being a supporter of the union of Russia, France and Prussia , Glinka tried to impede the anti-Russian policy of the Prussian Foreign Minister, Baron von Manteuffel .
On June 8, 1853, Glinka was dismissed from the post of charge d'affaires at the Hessian court, and on July 7, 1856 he was appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Rio de Janeiro and promoted to this position as Privy Councilor (April 17, 1863 ) [2] .
April 3, 1871 moved to the same position in Lisbon [3] , where he remained until his death. On April 12, 1881, he was promoted to acting Privy Councilor .
Glinka was also a great lover of painting and made up an art gallery. He was married to Justin-Christine Bangemann-Heigen and had a son Nicholas (consul in Frankfurt , 1838-1884) and a daughter Justina ( maid of honor , p. 1836).
Rewards
He had the highest orders of St. Stanislav 1st Art. ( 1855 ) St. Anna 1st Art. ( 1860 ), Vladimir, 2nd art. ( 1866 ) and the White Eagle ( 1875 ).
Publications
Glinka wrote in French and published two books abroad: Esquisse d`une theorie du droit naturel (Berlin, 1835) and Philosophie du droit, ou l`explication des rapports socciaux (Paris, 1842). In the 4th edition, the second book is completely redone and entitled: “ La science de la societe humaine ” (Paris, 1867). From this publication, it was translated into Russian by P. A. Bibikov and published under the title “The Science of Human Society ” (S.-Pb., 1870).
Notes
- ↑ O. Zhukova. Glinka, Grigory Andreyevich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- ↑ Yanovsky A.E. Glinka, Dmitry Grigorievich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Glinka // Small Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 4 volumes - St. Petersburg. 1907-1909.
Literature
- Chulkov N.P. Glinka, Dmitry Grigoryevich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.