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Alexandr Aksakov

Author, translator, journalist

Died when: 70 years 222 days (847 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Alexandr Aksakov

Alexandr Nikolayevich Aksakov (??????´??? ??????´???? ????´???; 27 May 1832 – 4 January 1903) was a Russian writer, translator, journalist, editor, state official and psychic researcher, who is credited with having coined the term "telekinesis".

While living in Germany with his wife and publishing his writings there, he began to spell his name as Alexander Aksakof to accommodate the German spelling style, and this is the name by which he is most known outside of Russia.

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