'''Anton Pavlovich Checkhov''' (1860-1904), was a Russian dramatist and short-story author.
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'''Anton Pavlovich Checkhov''' (1860-1904), was a [[Russian]] [[drama]]tist and [[short story]] [[author]].
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== Career ==
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==Career==
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He studied at the Moscow University qualifying as a doctor in 1884. He started as a writer with short stories (writing fifty in all) and sketches while a student.
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He studied at the [[Moscow]] University qualifying as a doctor in 1884. He started as a writer with short stories (writing fifty in all) and sketches while a student.
He is most known for his plays, but these did not first appear until the last years of the nineteenth century.
He is most known for his plays, but these did not first appear until the last years of the nineteenth century.