Author: Дмитрий Сергеевич Лихачёв
Alternate names: Dmitriĭ Sergeevich Likhachev; Dmitrii Sergeevich Likhachev; D.S. Likhachev; D.S Likhachev; D. Likhachev; Дми́трий Серге́евич Лихачёв; Dmitri Likhachev; Dmitri Likhachyov
Born: 28 November 1906
Died: 30 September 1999
Bio: Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachev (Russian: Дми́трий Серге́евич Лихачёв, also spelled Dmitrii Likhachev or Dmitry Likhachov) was a Russian medievalist, linguist, and a former inmate of Gulag. During his lifetime, Likhachev was considered the world's foremost scholar of the Old Russian language and its literature.