Vasily Pavlovich Vasilyev or Wassiljew was the preeminent Russian Sinologist of the 19th Century.
Vasiliev was born in Nizhny Novgorod and entered the Oriental department of the Kazan University in 1834. It was the first school of Oriental studies... Wikipedia
Born: 1818, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died: April 27, 1900 (age 82 years), St. Petersburg, FL
Children: Aleksandr Vasilʹev
Grandchild: Nicolai A. Vasiliev
Partner: Sofya Ivanovna Simonova