A
Moscow University graduate, Koni first came to attention in the 1830s as an author of
vaudevilles (
The Hussar Girl,
Flats of Petersburg,
Husband in a Fireplace, among them). In 1840 Koni founded and became the editor of the
Pantheon magazine (which later merged with another publication and changed its name to
Repertoire and Pantheon). His epic monograph "The Life of Friedrich the Great" came out in 1863 and earned him a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the
University of Jena. The Works of F. A. Koni (compiled of plays only), came out in 1871. Fyodor Koni died in 1879 in Saint Petersburg and was buried at the
Nikolskoe Cemetery of the
Alexander Nevsky Lavra. == References ==