Background
Evgeny Aleksandrovich Bobrov was born on February 5, 1867, in Riga, Latvia. His father was of peasant origin and worked as a land surveyor and a topographer.
The Alexander Gymnasium
The Dorpat University
The Ekaterinburg Gymnasium
The Kazan State University
The University of Warsaw
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Evgeny Aleksandrovich Bobrov was born on February 5, 1867, in Riga, Latvia. His father was of peasant origin and worked as a land surveyor and a topographer.
Evgeny Aleksandrovich attended the Alexander Gymnasium in Riga and the Ekaterinburg Gymnasium, graduating with a gold medal in 1885. He had his studies at the Kazan State University and later proceeded to study at the Dorpat University. He graduated from two departments: of Philosophy and of History and Philology in 1889. By 1895 he defended his Master's thesis.
Evgeny Aleksandrovich started his career as a lecturer at the Dorpat University and worked there for three years. His next positions were related to higher education as well. From 1896 till 1903 he was an associate professor at the Kazan State University. In 1903-1915 he gave lectures at the University of Warsaw. His last and most long term job was the position of a professor at the Rostov State University.
As for his philosophical works, in 1898 Evgeny Aleksandrovich published On the notion of existence. His early works proved him to be the supporter of the Conceptualism theory. In 1899-1902 he created a massive anthology of philosophical history called Philosophy in Russia as well as the studies on Leibniz's theories and antique worldview. His goal was to contribute to science by adding new data.
Evgeny Aleksandrovich wrote the biographies of E.A. Baratynsky, V.S. Pechorin, G.P. Kamenev, and A.I. Polezhaev. Russian philosophical circles and students' incorporations were also among his interests, and by 1904 he published A.A. Fooks and the Kazan writers of the 1830's-1840's. Some of his poems and translations of European poets were put on pages of Yur'evsky listok in 1913. His other titles include such works as Philosophy and literature of 1898, Literature and enlightenment in the 19th century Russia of 1902, and Pushkiniana of 1919.