Born in Russia in 1867
Graduated from University of St. Petersburg in 1892
Worked as a secondary teacher and taught at the University of Dorpat
Came to UW-Madison as professor of Ancient History in 1925
Retired from UW-Madison in 1939 as a professor emeritus
Served as Visiting Professor at Columbia University, 1935-1936
Awarded "Grand Officer of the Decoration for Civil Merit" by King Boris III of Bulgaria in
1936
Worked as lecturer at Oberlin College Graduate School of Theology in 1942
Became scholar-in-residence at Dumbarton Oaks (located in Washington, DC) in 1944
Died on May 30, 1953 in Washington, D.C.
Vasiliev's books: Byzantium and the Arabs, The Goths in the Crimea, The Russian Attack on
Constantinople, The Emperor Justin I.
