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Geologija / Geology

ISSN 1392-110X
ISSN 2029-056X (online)

2007 m. Nr. 3

Development of geological studies in Lithuania: Imperatoria Universitas Vilnensis
Algimantas GRIGELIS

After the third partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795, the Lithuanian Main School underwent liberality and secularisation. In 1803, the structural reforms caused by the rapid development of science in Western Europe followed establishment of the Imperatoria Universitas Vilnensis. The General Charter of the Vilnius Education District reported that the University must have a full and systematised distribution of science. The emphasis on the mathematical and natural sciences increased, and ten top disciplines were taught in the Faculty of Physical Science and Mathematics. The self-dependent Mineralogy Department was introduced just also in 1803. Vilnius University became established as a well-funded and highly regarded institution of higher learning. Although the time-span of the University was rather short (1803–1832), – the University was famed for prominent professors, the high level of teaching, and students imbued with the principles of the Romantic Movement.

Keywords: history of sciences, geology, mineralogy, Vilnius University, geological prospecting

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2011 - Vol.53
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