Shamil Azizbayov

Shamil Azizbayov Şamil Əzizbəyov
Born	(1906-02-16)February 16, 1906 Ashgabat, Transcaspian Oblast, Russian Turkestan, Russian Empire
Died	May 14, 1976(1976-05-14) (aged 70) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Awards

Shamil Abdurrahim oglu Azizbayov (1906–1976) was an Azerbaijani geologist specializing in petrology and metallogeny. He was one of the 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).

References

1. "Əzizbəyov Şamil Əbdülrəhim oğlu" [Shamil Azizbayov son Abdulrahim]. The founders of the National Academy of Sciences (in Azerbaijani). Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.