Michael Rostovtzeff
Russian historian of ancient history (1870-1952) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 81
Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtzeff or Rostovtsev was a Russian historian whose career straddled the 19th and 20th centuries and who produced important works on ancient Roman and Greek history. He served as president of the American Historical Association in 1935.
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He was also a member of the Russian Academy of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.
