Background
Ernest Watson was born on January 1, 1839, in Volokolamsk, Moscow province (now Volokolamsk, Russian Federation). He was the son of a county doctor.
Sovremennik (magazine)
Ernest Watson was born on January 1, 1839, in Volokolamsk, Moscow province (now Volokolamsk, Russian Federation). He was the son of a county doctor.
In 1856 Ernest Watson graduated from the 2nd Moscow Gymnasium (with a gold medal), in 1860 finished his studies at Moscow University, faculty of history and philology.
On the recommendation of S.M. Solovyov, he taught history in the 1st Moscow Cadet Corps, but in February 1862 for participating in student unrest he was dismissed with the deprivation of the right to engage in teaching activities.
Since the fall of 1861, Watson's works were published in the Moscow Vesnik. In the spring of 1862, at the invitation of N.G. Chernyshevsky, Ernest Watson wrote an article for the Sovremennik "Prussian Government and the Prussian Constitution". In the fall of 1862, he moved to Petersburg. He spoke with political articles in the newspaper Modern Word, composed of the 3rd part of the "Review of modern constitutions". In 1863-1866 Ernest Watson worked permanently in the Sovremennik.
In 1865 Ernest Watson worked in the newspaper People’s Chronicle, and in 1866-1867 in the Bulletin of Europe. After the ban on Sovremennik he headed the political department in the newspaper Saint Petersburg Vesnik, and since 1869, after lifting his restrictions, he became its co-editor.
In 1875-1881, Ernest Watson worked as the co-editor in the newspaper Birzhevoy Vesnik, in 1879-1881 Molva. And his works were also published in Russian Review. At the same time (1879-1882) he took part in the Commission for the Study of Railway Business.