Background

Baehr, Stephen Lessing was born on August 23, 1945 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Lawrence Lessing and Sophie Sylvia Baehr.

Education

Bachelor in Economics magna cum laude, Clark University, 1967. Master of Arts in Slavic Languages, Columbia University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy with distinction, Columbia University, 1972.

Career

Assistant professor Russian, University of Virginia Department Slavic Langs., Charlottesville, 1972-1978; Andrew Mellon Faculty Fellow in Humanities, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978-1979; associate professor Russian & humanities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1979-1988; associate professor Russian, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1988-1994; professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, since 1994.

Achievements

• Stephen Lessing Baehr has been listed as a noteworthy Russian langauge educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Paradise Myth in Eighteenth-Century Russia: Utopian Patterns in Early Secular Russian Literature and Culture (Studies of the Harriman Institute)

    (Book by Baehr, Stephen Lessing)

  • The Paradise Myth in Eighteenth-Century Russia Utopian Patterns in Early Secular

Membership

Member American Association Advancement Slavic Studies, American Association Teachers Slavic & Eastern European Languages & Literature, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, walking.

Connections

Married Irina Leonidovna Mess, July 30, 1977.

Father:

Lawrence Lessing

Mother:

Sophie Sylvia Baehr

Spouse:

Irina Leonidovna Mess