Alexander Veltman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Veltman

Russian writer

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1800

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 11-Jan-1870

Profession: writer, cartographer, linguist, science fiction writer

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alexander Fomich Veltman (Russian: ??????´??? ????´? ??´??????) (30 July [O.S.
18 July] 1800 — 23 January [O.S.
11 January] 1870) was one of the most successful Russian prose writers of the 1830s and 1840s, "popular for various modes of Romantic fiction — historical, Gothic, fantastic, and folkloristic".
He was one of the pioneers of Russian science fiction.