Mr. Semen Nikolaevich Korsakov
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(b.) -1787(d.)1853
Bio/Description
From 1812?1814, Semen Korsakov took part in the Napoleonic Wars with the Russian Army. He later was to serve as an official in the statistics department of the Russian Police Ministry in St. Petersburg. He was a recipient of the Order of St. Anna and the Order of St. Vladimir.
While working in the statistics department of the Police Ministry, Korsakov became intrigued with the possibility of using machinery to "enhance natural intelligence". To this end, he devised several devices which he called "machines for the comparison of ideas"
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Date of Birth:
1787 -
Date of Death:
1853 -
Gender:
Male -
Noted For:
Noted homeopath and inventor in early information technology -
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