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Pavel Ivanovich Fonvizin (29 May 1746 – 24 April 1803 in Moscow) was a Russian educator, scholar, and writer, who served as Rector for the Imperial Moscow University from 1784 to 1796. He was the younger brother of playwright Denis Fonvizin, and son of state councillor Ivan Fonvizin.

References

1. Imperatorskiĭ Moskovskiĭ universitet, 1755-1917 : ėnt︠s︡iklopedicheskiĭ slovarʹ. Moskva: ROSSPĖN. 2010. p. 783. ISBN 978-5-8243-1429-8.
2. Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia International (1983). Russia and the West in the Eighteenth Century: Proceedings of the Second International Conference Organized by the Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia and Held at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 17-22 July, 1981. Oriental Research Partners. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-89250-058-1.
3. Ward, Charles Alexander (1989). Moscow and Leningrad: Writers, painters, musicians and their gathering places. K.G. Saur. p. 9. ISBN 978-3-598-10834-1.
4. Hamburg, Gary M. (28 June 2016). Russia's Path toward Enlightenment: Faith, Politics, and Reason, 1500-1801. Yale University Press. p. 460. ISBN 978-0-300-22419-1.
5. "Фонвизин Павел Иванович | Летопись Московского университета". letopis.msu.ru. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

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