Dimitri Petrovich Konovalov

Born in 1856. He graduated from the course at the metallurgical branch of the Mining Institute, then in Petrograd University, where he made (in the laboratory п?.п?. Butlerova) research on organic chemistry, published in 1880. Consisted professor at the University of Petrograd and Mining Institute, at one time was director of the last. In 1909 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry,
. E "," On the catalytic action of acids "(1907). In addition, Russian science must Konovalov an original physico-chemical school. For his scientific achievements Konovalov was elected an honorary member of the London Chemical Society.