Vasily Seseman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vasily Seseman

Russian and Lithuanian philosopher and teacher

Date of Birth: 30-May-1884

Place of Birth: Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 23-Mar-1963

Profession: translator, university teacher, philosopher, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Vasily Seseman (several other latinizations of his name exist, Lithuanian: Vosylius Sezemanas, Russian: ??????? ????????? ???????) (June 11, 1884, Vyborg — March 23, 1963, Vilnius) was a Russian and Lithuanian philosopher, a representative of Marburg school of neo-Kantianism.
He is mostly remembered for his role in fostering philosophy in newly independent Lithuania and developing Lithuanian philosophical vocabulary (most remarkable are his translations of Aristotle into Lithuanian and contributions to Lithuanian encyclopedias).
A close associate of Viktor Zhirmunsky and Lev Karsavin, as a prisoner of Gulag he was also an informal philosophy tutor and supporter of Buddhist writer Bidia Dandaron.