История в историях: к юбилею академика Аполлона Борисовича Давидсона

Apollon B. Davidson is one of the outstanding Russian and Soviet researchers of Africa, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, founder of the Center for African Studies of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prominent scholar, intellectual, Anglophile, and an idol of many generations of students. His research interests are diverse. His works combine many facets of humanitarian knowledge and arts: history, historiography, source studies of Africa and Great Britain, personal and intellectual history, and literature of the Silver Age. The article was written for the 95th anniversary of A. B. Davidson. It is based on a report presented at the anniversary international conference "A Man of Good Hope" held at the Higher School of Economics on September 18, 2024 (Moscow).