Osip Notovich was a Russian author, journalist, and publisher. He was born into a Jewish family in the city of Taganrog, studied at the Taganrog Boys' Gymnasium, and graduated from the law faculty of the Saint Petersburg University. In 1873-1874, he was the publisher and editor of the newspaper Novoe Vremya. In 1876 he acquired the newspaper Novosti, which he transformed into a political tribune.
Notovich was the author of Historical review of Russian publishing legislature ("ÃÂÃÂÃÂþÃÂøÃÂõÃÂúøù þÃÂõÃÂú ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂúþóþ ÷ðúþýþôðÃÂõûÃÂÃÂÃÂòð þ ÿõÃÂðÃÂø"), which was published in Saint Petersburg in 1873 and 1893. He also published several philosophical essays, including "Some philosophy" ("ÃÂõüýþöúþ ÃÂøûþÃÂþÃÂøø", 1886), "Some more philosophy" ("ÃÂÃÂõ ýõüýþöúþ ÃÂøûþÃÂþÃÂøø", 1886), and "Love and beauty" ("ÃÂÃÂñþòàø ÃÂÃÂðÃÂþÃÂð", 1888), that were later translated into German and French.
In 1874, Notovich published the popular History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle. As a playwright, his works included Marriage and Divorce or Transitional Times ("ÃÂÃÂðú ø ÃÂð÷òþô" øûø "ÃÂõÃÂõàþôýþõ òÃÂõüÃÂ"), Shady Business ("âõüýþõ ôõûþ"), Daughter ("ÃÂþÃÂÃÂ"), No Exit ("ÃÂõ÷ òÃÂàþôð"), Surprise ("áÃÂÃÂÿÃÂø÷"), and The Rejected ("ÃÂÃÂòõÃÂöõýýÃÂù"). Some of these plays were staged in theaters in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.