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Alexander Vasiliev

Russian historian (1867–1953).

Born October 4th, 1867 in Saint Petersburg.

Died May 30th, 1953 at 85 years old in Washington, D.C..

Occupations
Byzantinist, arabist, historian, orientalist, university teacher

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius