Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Biography and Works
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in the small seaport of Taganrog, southern Russia to the son of a grocer. Chekhov's grandfather was a serf, who had bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. In 1879 Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School. Chekhov was a doctor by profession. He started writing to support himself during medical school.