Donald Mackenzie Wallace

Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1841–1919) was a Scottish journalist and writer on Russia. After studying in several European universities, he lived in Russia from 1870 to 1875, learned the language, traveled widely and stayed among peasants and officials, and his Russia, published in 1877, became the standard English account of the country. He then worked as a foreign correspondent and director of the foreign department of The Times, accompanied the future Tsar Nicholas II on his travels and served as private secretary to the Viceroy of India. He later edited the supplement to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.