Pierre Gilliard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre Gilliard

Swiss tutor to the Russian imperial family (1879-1962)

Date of Birth: 16-May-1879

Place of Birth: Canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Date of Death: 30-May-1962

Profession: teacher, university teacher

Nationality: Switzerland, France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Pierre Gilliard (16 May 1879 – 30 May 1962) was a Swiss academic and author, best known as the French language tutor to the five children of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia from 1905 to 1918.
In 1921, after the Russian Revolution of 1917, he published a memoir, Thirteen Years at the Russian Court, about his time with the family.
In his memoirs, Gilliard described Tsarina Alexandra's torment over her son's haemophilia and her faith in the ability of starets Grigori Rasputin to heal the boy.