PHILOSOPHER

Pavel Florensky

1882 - 1937

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Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky (also P. A. Florenskiĭ, Florenskii, Florenskij; Russian: Па́вел Алекса́ндрович Флоре́нский; Armenian: Պավել Ֆլորենսկի, romanized: Pavel Florenski; 21 January [O.S. 9 January] 1882 – December 8, 1937) was a Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, electrical engineer, inventor, polymath, neomartyr and folk saint. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pavel Florensky has received more than 287,637 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Pavel Florensky is the 419th most popular philosopher (up from 435th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Azerbaijan and the most popular Azerbaijani Philosopher.

Pavel Florensky was a Russian Orthodox priest, philosopher, mathematician, and physicist. He is most famous for his work in the fields of mathematics and physics, in which he developed a new theory of relativity.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Pavel Florensky ranks 419 out of 1,267. Before him are Buddhaghosa, Siger of Brabant, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, John Philoponus, Bernard of Chartres, and Alain de Benoist. After him are Dong Zhongshu, Olympiodorus the Younger, Dhul-Nun al-Misri, Adam Ferguson, Ge Hong, and Adolf von Harnack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Pavel Florensky ranks 55. Before him are Éamon de Valera, B. Traven, Yusef of Morocco, Wacław Sierpiński, Jean Giraudoux, and Petre Dumitrescu. After him are Aleksandra Ekster, Yakub Kolas, John Bauer, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, Leo Perutz, and Fan Noli. Among people deceased in 1937, Pavel Florensky ranks 37. Before him are Charles-Marie Widor, Keke Geladze, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Albert Roussel, and Edith Wharton. After him are Ray Ewry, Wallace Carothers, Walter Simons, Bessie Smith, Yeghishe Charents, and Chūya Nakahara.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Pavel Florensky ranks 21 out of 232. Before him are Ayaz Mutallibov (1938), Artur Rasizade (1935), Garegin Nzhdeh (1886), Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), Ali Asadov (1956), and Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh (1884). After him are Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885), Mehriban Aliyeva (1964), Khaqani (1126), Tofiq Bahramov (1925), Muslim Magomayev (1942), and Tadj ol-Molouk (1896).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Azerbaijan

Among philosophers born in Azerbaijan, Pavel Florensky ranks 1. After him are Max Black (1909).

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