Alexander Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky

Alexander Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky
Александр Михайловский-Данилевский
Born(1789-09-06)6 September 1789
Died21 September 1848(1848-09-21) (aged 59)
NationalityRussian
Occupation(s)Historian, politician, lieutenant general
SpouseAnna Pavlovna Chemodanova
AwardsDemidov Prize

Alexander Ivanovich Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Михайло́вский-Даниле́вский; 6 September [O.S. 26 August] 1789  21 September [O.S. 9 September] 1848) was a Russian Lieutenant General, senator, military writer, historian and author of the first official history of the War of 1812, written in four volumes on the instructions of Nicholas I.