Semen Vengerov (05 (17) .04.1855 – 14.9.1920 language), Russian literary historian, bibliographer. Graduated from the Faculty of St. Petersburg University (1879) and external studies of History and Philology of Tartu University (1880). The representative of the cultural-historical school. In the works of "heroic character of Russian literature" (1911), "What is the glamor of Russian Literature of XIX century?" (In 1912) and others Vengerov argued that Russian literature has always been the chair, which was heard my teachers, civil word. Published a monograph on the AV Druzhinin, KS Aksakovo, VG Belinsky, AF Pisemsky, IA Goncharov, Nikolai Gogol, etc. Compiled by "The critical and biographical dictionary of Russian writers and scientists. From the beginning of Russian education to our days "(v. 1-6, 1886-1904)," Sources of the dictionary of Russian writers "(v. 1-4, 1900-17)," Russian books "(Vol. 1-3, 1897 -99), produced the first complete collection of works of Belinsky (completed VS Spiridonov, vols. 12 and 13). In 1891 he edited the literary section Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh. Vengerov – organizer (1917) and the first director of the Russian Book Chamber. Cit.: Sobre. cit., v. 1 – 3, 5, St. Petersburg, 1911 – 13, 2 ed., v. 1, 4, P., 1919. Lit.: Polyakov, Proceedings of the professor. SA Vengerov. Bibliographic list, M., 1916; Fomin, AG, SA Vengerov as the organizer and first director of the Russian Book Chamber, L., 1925; Kalentieva AG, Love in literature, M., 1964