Kennan, George

George (1845-), an American author and lecturer. He was born at Norfolk, Ohio. He became a telegraph operator and in 1865 went to Siberia as a telegraph engineer, in the employ of the Russo-American Telegraph Company. Several years later he explored the region of eastern Caucasus, and in 1885 and 1886 was sent out by The Century with the artist G. A. Frost, to investigate the Russian exile system. He traveled 15,000 miles in northern Russia and Siberia. The results of his observations were published in the Century Magazine and later appeared in book form. Kennan lectured on the exile system both in England and America. His books include Siberia and the Exile System, Tent Life in Siberia, and Campaigning in Cuba.