BUSLAEV, FEDOR IVANOVICH Rus sian author and philologist, was born on April 13 1818, at Ker ensk, the son of a government official. After a period of travel abroad he became assistant professor, and in 188i professor, of Russian literature in Moscow. His works on the historical gram mar of the Russian language are among the earliest important contributions to the subject. He maintained that the Slavonic languages had been subject to Christian influences long before the time of Cyril and Methodius. See S. D. Sheremetev, Memoir of F. I. Buslaev (189q).