Alexander Shishkov

Alexander Shishkov
Алекса́ндр Семёнович Шишко́в
A portrait from the Military Gallery, by George Dawe.
Born(1754-03-20)20 March 1754
Moscow
Died21 April 1841(1841-04-21) (aged 87)
Saint Petersburg
OccupationsStatesman, writer, and admiral
Writing career
Notable workThe Trilingual Naval Dictionary

Alexander Semyonovich Shishkov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Семёнович Шишко́в; 20 March [O.S. 9 March] 1754 – 21 April [O.S. 9 April] 1841) was a Russian writer, literary critic, philologist, memoirist, military and statesman, Admiral (1824). He created a new trend in Russian literature, called "postafactum" [sic], a type of archaism.

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