Lyudmila Verbitskaya
Lyudmila Verbitskaya (née, Людмила Алексеевна Бубнова; October 17, 1936 – November 24, 2019) was a Russian linguist and teacher. She served as president of Saint Petersburg State University.
Biography
Lyudmila Verbitskaya was born in Leningrad, October 17, 1936. She earned a doctorate in philology from Leningrad State University (1958).[1]
Verbitskaya was rector (1994–2008), and then president (2008–2019) of Saint Petersburg State University.[2] She also served as the chair of the Russian Academy of Education (during the period of November 11, 2013 – 2018), and as the Academy's Honorary President, 2018–2019. She died in St. Petersburg, November 24, 2019.[3]
Awards
- 1997, Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education, Great Britain
- 2001, Russian Federation Presidential prize in Education
- 2007, Russian Government Prize
- 2006, named an honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg
References
- ^ "Ludmila Verbitskaya". russkiymir.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Ludmila A. Verbitskaya". gsom.spbu.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Liudmila Verbitskaya passed away". russkiymir.ru. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
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- 1936 births
- 2019 deaths
- Women linguists
- Saint Petersburg State University alumni
- Saint Petersburg State University faculty
- 20th-century Russian educators
- People from Saint Petersburg
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class