Fyodor Koni
Fyodor Alexeyevich Koni was a Russian dramatist, theatre critic and literary historian, editor and memoirist. Lawyer, author and politician Anatoly Koni was Fyodor Koni's son.Biography
A Moscow University'a alumni, Koni first came to attention in the 1830s as an author of vaudevilles. In 1840 Koni founded and became the editor of the Pantheon magazine. His epic monograph "The Life of Friedrich the Great" came out in 1863 and earned him a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Jena. The Works of F. A. Koni, came out in 1871. Fyodor Koni died in 1879 in Saint Petersburg and was buried at the Nikolskoe Cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
