Borodin, Alexander
(1833–1887)> COMPOSER
Borodin, Alexander (12 November 1833, St. Petersburg; 27 February 1887, St. Petersburg), composer, was the illegitimate son of Prince Ghedeanov of Georgia and the wife of an army doctor. The boy received a splendid education with emphasis on music and foreign languages, and he wrote his first piece of music at age 14. In 1850, he entered the Academy of Medicine in St. Petersburg, where he showed an unusual interest in chemistry. He undertook a career related to chemistry, but he did not slight…