Michail Lomonosov was born in 1711 in Archangelsk province. His father was a fisher and young Michail liked to help him. He always strove for knowledge and liked reading books. As he was 19 years old, he decided to study in Moscow. He went there on foot. In Moscow he entered the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy. After his graduation from academy he was sent abroad to complete his knowledge in chemistry and mining.
Lomonosov was the founder of the first Russian university. Lomonosov died in 1765. But he is still known as the father of the Russian science, an outstanding poet, the founder of Russian literature.