person
Viktor Andreyevich Fausek
Fausek
also: Фаусек
A zoologist and naturalist of Chekhov's acquaintance, to whom Chekhov here passes on regards as instructed by Pleshcheyev.
Reading notes
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 27 August 1888. Sumy. §12 Fausek
Viktor Fausek, the naturalist; Chekhov confirms here that a greeting requested by Pleshcheyev in an earlier letter has been duly passed on.
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 25 December 1891. Moscow. §5 Фаусек получил магистра
Viktor Fausek, a zoologist of Chekhov's acquaintance (previously mentioned in this corpus, e.g., as passing on Pleshcheyev's regards), had just earned his master's degree (magistr), an advanced Russian academic qualification below the doctorate, awarded after a formal thesis defense -- noted here as a small item of literary-circle news.