Born: 9 April 1840, Ukraine
Died: 30 June 1924
Country most active: Russia
Also known as: Прасковья Сергеевна Уварова, Princess Scherbatova (Щербатова)
The following is excerpted from “400 Outstanding Women of the World and the Costumology of Their Time” by Minna Moscherosch Schmidt, published in 1933.
A renowned Russian archeologist, whose name is inseparable from the history of the Russian archeology of the last fifty years. She was president of the Moscow Archeological Society, author of the one hundred and seventy-four printed researches and articles on different problems of archeology, and honorary member of many Russian and foreign scientific institutions and societies, also a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1895.