Background
GERNET, Mikhail was born on July 12, 1874 in Ardatov, former Simbirsk Province. Son of a political exile.
GERNET, Mikhail was born on July 12, 1874 in Ardatov, former Simbirsk Province. Son of a political exile.
1897 graduate Law Faculty, Moscow University.
From 1902 associate professor and lecturer, criminal law course, Moscow University. 1911 left Moscow University in protest against reactionary policy of Minister of Education. From 1911 professor Chair of Criminal Law, Saint St. Petersburg Institute of Psychoneuropathology.
From 1919 professor, Moscow University. 1919-1930 simultaneously head, Department of Moral Statistics. Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Centr Statistical Board.
From late 1930's, although now blind, engaged in research on history of Tsarist jails.