Marin Drinov

Marin Stoyanov Drinov
Марин Стоянов Дринов
Born
Марин Стоянов Дринов

(1838-10-20)20 October 1838
Died13 March 1906(1906-03-13) (aged 67)
Resting placeCentral Sofia Cemetery
42°42′44.6″N 023°19′57.9″E / 42.712389°N 23.332750°E / 42.712389; 23.332750
NationalityBulgarian
EducationDoctor of Science (1875)
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Alma materImperial Moscow University (1865)
OccupationHistorian

Marin Stoyanov Drinov (Bulgarian: Марин Стоянов Дринов, Russian: Марин Степанович Дринов; 20 October 1838 – 13 March 1906) was a Bulgarian historian and philologist from the National Revival period who lived and worked in Russia through most of his life. He was one of the originators of Bulgarian historiography. Drinov was a founding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (then the Bulgarian Literary Society), as well as its first chairman.