Pyotr Alexeyevich Bessonov or Bezsonov was a leading Russian folklorist who collected and published many East Slavic and South Slavic folk songs.
The son of a priest, Bessonov was born in Moscow. He graduated at Moscow University in 1851. Wikipedia
Born: June 16, 1828, Moscow, Russia
Died: March 6, 1898 (age 69 years), Kharkiv, Ukraine