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Petr Uspensky
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Russian esotericist (1878–1947)
Key facts
- Born
- Pyotr Demyanovich Uspensky , ( 1878-03-05 ) 5 March 1878, Moscow, Russian Empire
- Died
- 2 October 1947 (1947-10-02) (aged 69), Lyne Place , Surrey , England, UK
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pyotr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Surrey
- Occupation
- psychologist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- George Gurdjieff
- Image
- Ouspensky-kansi-2019.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1878-03-17
- date of death
- 1947-10-02
- Commons category
- P. D. Ouspensky
- birth name
- Peter Demianovich Ouspensky
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Encyclopedic overview
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Pyotr Demyanovich Uspensky (Russian: Пётр Демьянович Успенский; 5 March 1878 – 2 October 1947), known in English as P. D. Ouspensky, was a Russian philosopher and esotericist known for his expositions of the early work of the Greek-Armenian teacher of esoteric doctrine George Gurdjieff. He met Gurdjieff in Moscow in 1915, and was associated with the ideas and practices originating with Gurdjieff from then on. He taught ideas and methods based in the Gurdjieff system for 25 years in England and the United States, although he separated from Gurdjieff personally in 1924, for reasons that are explained in the last chapter of his book In Search of the Miraculous.
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