Nikolay Ivanovich Gretsch was a grammarian of the 19th century. Although he was primarily interested in philology, it is as a journalist that he is primarily remembered. He was from the Russian Empire.
Gretsch came from a noble Baltic German... Wikipedia
Born: August 14, 1787, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1867 (age 80 years), Saint Petersburg, Russia
Children: Daniel Johann von Gretsch
Education: Imperial School of Jurisprudence