Alexander Herzen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Herzen

Russian author, philisopher, revolutioner

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1812

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 09-Jan-1870

Profession: writer, politician, pedagogue, journalist, literary critic, philosopher, prosaist, opinion journalist, autobiographer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen (also Aleksandr Ivanovic Gercen; Russian: ??????´??? ???´????? ??´????; April 6 [O.S.
25 March] 1812 – January 21 [O.S.
9 January] 1870) was a Russian writer and thinker known as the "father of Russian socialism" and one of the main fathers of agrarian populism (being an ideological ancestor of the Narodniki, Socialist-Revolutionaries, Trudoviks and the agrarian American Populist Party).
With his writings, many composed while exiled in London, he attempted to influence the situation in Russia, contributing to a political climate that led to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861.
He published the important social novel Who is to Blame? (1845–46).
His autobiography, My Past and Thoughts (written 1852–1870), is often considered one of the best examples of that genre in Russian literature.