George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (born 1872)

George Gurdjieff

Russian Empire mystic and writer (c. 1866–1877 – 1949)

George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was a philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher, composer, and movements teacher. Born in the Russian Empire, he briefly became a citizen of the First Republic of Armenia after its formation in 1918, but fled the impending Red Army invasion of Armenia in…