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2-DAY 09 October Born on 09 October (27 September Julian) 1874:
Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich (or Rerikh), Russian artist who
died in 13 December 1947. Nicholas Roerich was a Russian-born
artist who became a cultural figure of global significance, a
passionate promoter through his art and writings of an increased
appreciation of the value to the world of the cultural heritage
of all nations, and of the ways in which this appreciation can
help to achieve peace in the world. E A R L Y Y E A R S Roerich
was born in St. Petersburg, the first-born son of lawyer and
notary, Konstantin Roerich, and his wife Maria. He was raised in
the comfortable environment of an upper middle-class Russian
family with its advantages of contact with the writers, artists,
and scientists who often came to visits. He developed interests
in collecting prehistoric artifacts, coins, and minerals, and
built his own arboretum for the study of plants and trees. By
the age of si