Alexander Ivanovich Galich

Background

Alexander Ivanovich Galich was born in 1783 in Trubchevsk, Bryansk, Russian Federation into the family of a deacon.

Education

From 1793-1803 Alexander Ivanovich studied at Sevsk Theological Seminary. He then entered the Saint Petersburg Teacher's Seminary (now The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia). In 1808, he went to study at the University of Helmstedt and the University of Göttingen in Germany. In 1813, he defended his thesis at the Department of Philosophy of the St. Petersburg State Pedagogical Institute.

Career

From 1814-1818 Alexander Ivanovich taught at the Petrischule, the Tsarskoe Selo Lyceum, and the Main Teacher's College. From 1818-1819, he published A History of Philosophical Systems in two volumes. Shortly thereafter, charges were instituted against Alexander Ivanovich and three other professors of impiety and revolutionary designs. In the same year, he obtained a position in the Department of Archives. In spite of his career problems, he continued to write and publish. His Encyclopedia of Philosophy (1845) was one of Russia's first philosophical reference works. Most significant and broad in scope were two of his later works: Universal Rights and the Philosophy of Human History. However, ill fortune did not abandon Alexander Ivanovich: as soon as he had completed these works, they were destroyed in an accidental fire. Unable to survive this loss, Alexander Ivanovich became ill and died in 1848.

Connections

pupil:

Alexander Pushkin

References

• Russian writers. 1800-1917. Biographical Dictionary. Volume 1
  1989