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PHILOSOPHER

Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov

1829 - 1903

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Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (Russian: Николай Фёдорович Фёдоров; 9 June 1829 – 28 December 1903), known in his family as Nikolai Pavlovich Gagarin, was a Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher, religious thinker and futurologist, library science figure and an innovative educator. He started the movement of Russian cosmism which was a precursor of transhumanism. Fyodorov advocated radical life extension, physical immortality and even resurrection of the dead, using scientific methods. He was called the "Socrates of Moscow." He was referred to with respect and admiration by L.N. Tolstoy, F.M. Dostoyevsky, V.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov has received more than 222,650 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov is the 602nd most popular philosopher (up from 711th in 2019), the 617th most popular biography from Russia (up from 706th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Russian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov ranks 602 out of 1,081. Before him are Johannes Sturm, Pietro d'Abano, Roman Ingarden, Nicola Abbagnano, Thiruvalluvar, and Johann Christoph Gottsched. After him are Yves Bonnefoy, John Austin, Aeschines of Sphettus, David Hartley, Polemon, and R. G. Collingwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov ranks 23. Before him are Elizabeth Siddal, Radama II, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Tự Đức, Adolf Eugen Fick, and John of Kronstadt. After him are N. R. Pogson, Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Franz Reuleaux, Prince William of Baden, and Elwin Bruno Christoffel. Among people deceased in 1903, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov ranks 24. Before him are Vasily Dokuchaev, Draga Mašin, Camillo Sitte, Richard Jordan Gatling, Marcel Renault, and Sabino Arana. After him are Rudolf Lipschitz, Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Gaston Paris, Ronglu, Sophie Gengembre Anderson, and Béni Kállay.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov ranks 617 out of 3,262. Before him are John of Kronstadt (1829), Serge Koussevitzky (1874), Pavel Alexandrov (1896), Andrei Mironov (1941), Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia (1854), and Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700). After him are Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (1891), Andrei Karlov (1954), Viktor Hartmann (1834), Valeri Kubasov (1935), Sergey Naryshkin (1954), and Veruschka von Lehndorff (1939).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Russia

Among philosophers born in Russia, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov ranks 13. Before him are Alexandre Kojève (1902), Johann Georg Hamann (1730), Yuri Lotman (1922), Sergei Bulgakov (1871), Ivan Ilyin (1883), and Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700). After him are Pyotr Lavrov (1823), Volin (1882), Alexander Zinoviev (1922), Nikolai Amosov (1913), Aleksey Khomyakov (1804), and Konstantin Leontiev (1831).

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