Alexander Pypin

Alexander Nikolayevich Pypin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Пы́пин; 6 April 1833, in Saratov, Russian Empire – 9 December 1904, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian literary historian, ethnographer, journalist and editor; a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and (briefly, in 1904), its vice-president. Nikolai Chernyshevsky was his cousin on the maternal side.

Alexander Pypin
Александр Николаевич Пыпин
Alexander Pypin. Portrait by Nikolai Ge
Born(1833-04-06)April 6, 1833
Saratov, Russian Empire
DiedDecember 9, 1904(1904-12-09) (aged 71)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Occupationliterary historian, ethnographer, editor, author
Years active1860–1904
Spouse(s)Y.P. Gurskalin

Pypin actively contributed to Sovremennik (which he edited in 1863–1866), Vestnik Evropy, and Otechestvennye Zapiski. Among his most acclaimed works are the History of Slavic Literatures (Vols. 1–2, 1879–1881, with Vladimir Spasovich), the History of Russian Ethnography (Vols. 1890–1892) and the History of Russian Literature (Vols. 1–4, 1911–1913, posthumously).[1] [2]

References
  1. Semyon Vengerov. "Александр Николаевич Пыпин". Brokhaus & Efron. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. N.Glagolev. "Александр Николаевич Пыпин". Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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