Shamil Azizbayov Explained

Shamil Azizbayov Şamil Əzizbəyov
Birth Date:	16 February 1906
Birth Place:	Ashgabat, Transcaspian Oblast, Russian Turkestan, Russian Empire
Death Place:	Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR

Shamil Abdurrahim oglu Azizbayov (1906–1976) was an Azerbaijani geologist specializing in petrology and metallogeny. He was one ofthe founders (1945) and a vice-president of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.^[1]

• Chairman of the Department of Geology, chemistry sciences and oil (1945–1947).
• Member of Presidium and academic Secretary of the Department of Earth Sciences of (1959–1976).
• Head of the Department of Crystallography, Mineralogy and Petrography of the Azerbaijan Industrial Institute (1945–1959).
• One of the founders of geology and petrography school in Azerbaijan.
• Honored scientist of Azerbaijan Republic (1960).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Əzizbəyov Şamil Əbdülrəhim oğlu . Azerbaijani . Shamil Azizbayov son Abdulrahim . The founders of the National Academy of Sciences . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161228203808/http://science.gov.az/forms/osnovateli-nana/2638 . 28 December 2016 . 28 December 2016 .