Valerian Michaylovich Griboedov formerly

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as: Valerian Michaelovich Gribayedoff (

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: Валериан Михайлович Грибоедов) (1858–1908) was a Russian journalist and illustrator. He is most famous for introducing illustrated drawings into newspapers and capturing some of the only photos during the trial for the Dreyfus Affair in 1897. He was born in

Kronstadt Kronstadt (, ) is a Russian administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg, port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Saint Petersburg, located on Kotlin Island, west of Saint Petersburg, near the head ...

, Russia in 1858, and many believed him to have been of noble birth, possibly related to

Alexander Griboyedov Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (; 15 January 179511 February 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer. His one notable work is the 1823 verse comedy '' Woe from Wit''. He was Russia's ambassador to Qajar Persia, where he and ...

. Educated in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601, ...

, England, France, and Germany, he came later to America working as a journalist, rising to prominence by recreating drawings from photos to be included in the newspapers that were more lifelike than any others in the field. His only book, ''The French Invasion of Ireland in '98'', was published in 1890. In 1897 he left the United States for Paris, covering the Dreyfus Affair. His last work for an American newspaper was covering the

Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the ...

as a correspondent in

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. He died in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1908.

Works

Gribayedoff editorial cartoon 1884.jpg, 1884 cartoon from ''

New York World The ''New York World'' was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 to 1931. The paper played a major role in the history of American newspapers as a leading national voice of the Democratic Party. From 1883 to 1911 under publisher Jo ...

''; one of the first Sunday illustrations Alfred Dreyfus Rennes Trial opening session 1899-08-07.jpg, 1899 courtroom photo from the Dreyfus affair at Rennes His Eminence, Cardinal Manning, by Valerian Gribayedoff.jpg, Illustration of Cardinal

Henry Edward Manning Henry Edward Manning (15 July 1808 – 14 January 1892) was an English prelate of the Catholic Church, and the second Archbishop of Westminster from 1865 until his death in 1892. He was ordained in the Church of England as a young man, but co ...

Atanas Gradoborliata's Band Dead Bodies in Gradobor 24 May 1903.JPG, Dead bodies of the detachment of Atanas Gradoborliyata in Gradobor on 24 May 1903

References

External links

*"The French Invasion of Ireland" written by Gribayedof

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gribayedoff, Valerian 1858 births 1908 deaths People from Kronstadt People from Petergofsky Uyezd 19th-century journalists from the Russian Empire Illustrators from the Russian Empire Russian caricaturists