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1831–97, American librarian and historian. He was superintendent (1868–77) of the Boston Public Library and afterward librarian (1877–97) of Harvard. In addition to important bibliographical work on Shakespeare, Columbus, and the American Revolution, he edited the Narrative and Critical History of America. (8 vol., 1884–89) and wrote The Westward Movement. (1897). A founder of the American ...

1859–1943, Russian stage director, cofounder and director of the Moscow Art Theater. Prior to his historical meeting with Constantin Stanislavsky in 1897, he was an actor, war correspondent, novelist, music and drama critic, and playwright. After publication of his last novel, On the Steppes. (1897), he devoted all his efforts to the Moscow Art Theatre, whose influence was felt throughout ...

Born Mar. 6 (18), 1856, in Moscow; died Aug. 16, 1919, in Paris. Russian public figure and diplomat.Izvol’skii was minister-resident in the Vatican from 1894 to 1897; he was envoy to Belgrade in 1897, to Munich from 1897 to 1899, to Tokyo from 1899 to 1903, and to Copenhagen from 1903 to 1906. From 1906 to 1910 he was minister of foreign affairs. He helped conclude the Russo-English agreement ...

Born Mar. 6 (18), 1856, in Moscow; died Aug. 16, 1919, in Paris. Russian public figure and diplomat.Izvol’skii was minister-resident in the Vatican from 1894 to 1897; he was envoy to Belgrade in 1897, to Munich from 1897 to 1899, to Tokyo from 1899 to 1903, and to Copenhagen from 1903 to 1906. From 1906 to 1910 he was minister of foreign affairs. He helped conclude the Russo-English agreement ...

Born Mar. 6 (18), 1856, in Moscow; died Aug. 16, 1919, in Paris. Russian public figure and diplomat.Izvol’skii was minister-resident in the Vatican from 1894 to 1897; he was envoy to Belgrade in 1897, to Munich from 1897 to 1899, to Tokyo from 1899 to 1903, and to Copenhagen from 1903 to 1906. From 1906 to 1910 he was minister of foreign affairs. He helped conclude the Russo-English agreement ...