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. During the later twentieth century, statements had appeared noting a recognition by the Russian Orthodox Church of him as a saint, though it was later firmly noted that no such decision had been made. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Florensky is the 426th most popular philosopher (down from 419th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (up from 21st in 2019) 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 426 out of 1,267. Before him are Yi Hwang, Étienne Gilson, Gargi Vachaknavi, Dong Zhongshu, Timon of Phlius, and Michael J. Sandel. After him are Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Antiochus of Ascalon, Edward de Bono, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Daniel Dennett, and John of Salisbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Pavel Florensky ranks 62. Before him are Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Yusef of Morocco, Éamon de Valera, Wacław Sierpiński, Yakub Kolas, and Robert Hichens. After him are B. Traven, Petre Dumitrescu, Friedrich Dollmann, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, Fan Noli, and John Bauer. Among people deceased in 1937, Pavel Florensky ranks 37. Before him are Ramsay MacDonald, Albert Roussel, J. Bruce Ismay, Emilio Mola, Takeo Wakabayashi, and Edith Wharton. After him are Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Bessie Smith, Louis Vierne, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, and Yeghishe Charents.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Pavel Florensky ranks 18 out of 232. Before him are Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Ivan Bagramyan (1897), Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921), Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), Artur Rasizade (1935), and Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885). After him are Ayaz Mutallibov (1938), Garegin Nzhdeh (1886), Ali Asadov (1956), Muslim Magomayev (1942), Mehriban Aliyeva (1964), and Khaqani (1126).

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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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