Georgy Fedotov

Georgy Petrovich Fedotov (Гео́ргий Петро́вич Федо́тов, October 1 (13) 1886, Saratov, Russian Empire, – September 1, 1951, New York, US) was a Russian religious philosopher, historian, essayist, author of many books on Orthodox culture, regarded by some as a founder of Russian "theological culturology".[1] Fedotov left the Soviet Russia for France in 1925, then in 1939 emigrated to the United States where he taught at St. Vladimir Orthodox Seminary, New York, and continued publishing books up until his death in 1951.[2]

BornGeorgy Petrovich Fedotov
(1886-10-01)October 1, 1886
Saratov, Russian Empire
DiedSeptember 1, 1951(1951-09-01) (aged 64)
New York City, United States
Occupationhistorian, religious philosopher, theologist
NationalityRussian
Genrereligious philosophy

He was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1946–1947.[3]

Works
  • A Treasury of Russian Spirituality, [comp.& ed.], London, Sheed & Ward, 1950

References
  1. "Г. П. Федотов". www.vehi.net. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  2. "Fedotov Georgy Petrovich". www.krugosvet.ru // Krugosvet (Around the World) encyclopedia. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  3. "George P. Fedotov". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
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