Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Kropotkin, Peter Alexievich, Prince

KROPOTKIN, PETER ALEXIEVICH, PRINCE, a Russian scientist; born in Moscow, Dec. 9, 1842. He was in the Russian army for a time. Charged with anarchist affiliations, he was imprisoned two years in Russia, escaped, founded the anarchist paper, &ldquo;La Révolté,&rdquo; in Geneva (1879), and after being expelled from Switzerland in 1881, commenced a crusade against the Russian Government in the English and French press. He was imprisoned in France from 1883 to 1886. He lectured in various parts of the world; is the author of &ldquo;To Young People&rdquo;; &ldquo;Words of a Revolutionist&rdquo;; &ldquo;In Russian and French Prisons&rdquo;; &ldquo;In Search of Bread&rdquo;; and pamphlets on nihilistic subjects; and his contributions on modern scientific subjects to the leading reviews were numerous and interesting. He died in 1921.