Shamil Azizbayov

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.


 * 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).