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 Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and V. S. Solovyov. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov is the 744th most popular philosopher (down from 625th in 2019), the 753rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 602nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Russian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov ranks 744 out of 1,267. Before him are Menedemus, Hermias, Ahmad al-Tayyeb, Aleksey Khomyakov, Philip of Opus, and Leo the Mathematician. After him are Alexius Meinong, Joseph Dietzgen, Jacob Moleschott, Arnold Ruge, Anathon Aall, and Jean Wahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov ranks 24. Before him are William Booth, John of Kronstadt, Prince William of Baden, Radama II, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and Tự Đức. After him are Ivan Sechenov, Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Maurice Joly, and Robert Nobel. Among people deceased in 1903, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov ranks 31. Before him are Richard Jordan Gatling, Sophie Gengembre Anderson, Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Karl Gegenbaur, Émile Baudot, and Charles Renouvier. After him are Hans Gude, Gaston Paris, Rudolf Lipschitz, Paul Du Chaillu, Ronglu, and Giuseppe Zanardelli.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov ranks 753 out of 3,761. Before him are Lucien Olivier (1838), Vasily Polenov (1844), Vasily Tatishchev (1686), Aleksey Khomyakov (1804), Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886), and Georgy Flyorov (1913). After him are Tatiana Samoilova (1934), Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Yevgeny Dragunov (1920), Ivan Vinogradov (1891), Boris Gromov (1943), and Talabuga (1300).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Russia

Among philosophers born in Russia, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov ranks 16. Before him are Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700), Sergei Bulgakov (1871), P. D. Ouspensky (1878), Yuri Lotman (1922), Pyotr Lavrov (1823), and Aleksey Khomyakov (1804). After him are Nikolai Amosov (1913), Volin (1882), Konstantin Leontiev (1831), Alexander Zinoviev (1922), Vasily Rozanov (1856), and Evald Ilyenkov (1924).

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