Alexander Veltman
Russian prose writer
Alexander Fomich Veltman 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... Wikipedia
Born: July 8, 1800, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: January 23, 1870 (age 69 years), Moscow, Russia