Arthur Benni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Benni

Russian journalist and revolutionary

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1839

Place of Birth: Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 28-Dec-1867

Profession: journalist, opinion journalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Arthur William Benni (27 November 1839, Tomaszów-Rawski, Congress Poland – 27 December 1867, Rome, Italy) was a Polish-born English citizen, known in Russia (where his name was spelled ????'? ???'????? ??'???) as a journalist, Hertzen associate, Socialist activist and women liberation commune-founder.
He served a three months prison sentence as part of the "32 Process", was deported from the country and died in 1867 in Rome hospital, after having been injured, as a member of the Giuseppe Garibaldi's squad.
Arthur Benni's activities and persona caused controversy in Russia where rumours of him being a spy and a 3rd Department agent were being spread, much to his outrage and distress.
Ivan Turgenev and Nikolai Leskov did much to clear Benni's name.
The latter (who chose Benni as a prototype for Rainer, the No Way Out novel's revolutionary character) wrote a posthumous essay on him called The Mystery Man.