About Antoin Sevruguin
Lived 1851 – 1933 (aged 81–82). Antoin Sevruguin was an Iranian and Russian photographer.
Antoin Sevruguin (; 1851–1933), known as Antoin Khan (Persian: آنتوان خان) was an Iranian photographer of Armenian-Georgian descent, in Iran during the Qajar and Pahlavi eras.
Early life Born into a Russian family of Armenian-Georgian origin in the Russian embassy of Tehran, Iran: Antoin Sevruguin was one of the many children of Vasily Sevryugin and a Georgian "Ms. Ashin".
Legacy After his death from a kidney infection, Sevruguin's images resurfaced. He was survived by seven children from his marriage to Louise Gourgenian.
In 1951–1952, an American historian of Iranian Islamic architecture, Myron Bement Smith, learned that 692 plates on glass by Sevrugian were up for sale at the American Presbyterian Mission in Tehran.
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Who was Antoin Sevruguin?
Iranian photographer (1851–1933)
When was Antoin Sevruguin born?
Antoin Sevruguin was born in 1851 in Tehran.
When did Antoin Sevruguin die?
Antoin Sevruguin died in 1933 in Tehran.
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Antoin Sevruguin was a photographer.
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Antoin Sevruguin was Iranian and Russian.
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