The New Student's Reference Work/Kennan, George

Ken′nan, George, American author and traveler, was born at Norwalk, O., Feb. 16, 1845; was educated in the public schools and learned telegraphy; and in 1864 he was sent by the Russo-American Telegraph Company to superintend the construction of lines in Siberia. He there spent some years, returning to the United States in 1868. In 1870 he published a journal of his travels under the title Tent-Life in Siberia. In 1885 he returned to Russia, visiting the mines and prisons in Siberia. He gave an account of his experiences and observations in a series of articles in The Century Magazine, which afterwards appeared in book form as Siberia and the Exile System. Mr. Kennan has also published Folk Tales of Napoleon, Campaigning in Cuba and The Tragedy of Pelee.