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Prokofiy Akinfovich Demidoff Forward Pavel Grigoriyevich Demidoff .

Prokofiy Akinfovich Demidoff (1710–1788)
Prokofiy A. Demidoff was educated person, a noticed patron of arts and natural sciences. He was in correspondence with C. Linnaeus, established first Botanical garden in Moscow, contributed to Nikita A. Demidoff's natural history collection which became a "precursor" of the Cabinet of Natural History of Moscow University. He also donated his own herbarium to the University (burned in 1812) and supported poor students at the University.

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