Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov - Later Life and Ideas

Later Life and Ideas

Between 1882–1905 Morozov was imprisoned in Peter and Paul fortress and in Shlisselburg for his political activities. At that period he wrote political verse and began intense studies in physics, chemistry, astronomy and history. After being released in 1906, he started to teach chemistry and astronomy at the university of St. Petersburg. In 1907 he was elected into the Duma, but as a former prisoner he was not allowed to take the office. He became a member of many associations for science, including the Russian Aero-club. For the publication of his book Songs of the Stars in 1910, he became imprisoned for another year.

Many of his ideas were unorthodox and daring. He conjectured that atoms have complicated level structure and may be transformed. In his treatise on the periodic table, Morozov predicted the discovery of inert elements.

In 1907 Morozow published "The Revelation in Storm and Thunder" where he produced evidence for his hypotheses

• The Revelation to John can be dated astronomically to September 30, 395.
• The author of the Revelation is identical with John of Antioch, called Chysostomus.

After the October Revolution, Morozov took little interest in politics and continued to run the P. S. Lesgaft Institute of Natural Sciences in Petrograd (Leningrad) until his death at the age of 92. Based on the astronomical records (such as the Almagest) he speculated that much of human history has been falsified. His theories about the chronology of the Middle East and Israel before the first century BC later attracted the attention of Anatoly Fomenko, who based his own New Chronology upon them.

In his declining years, Morozov established a laboratory in his native Borok, north of Uglich, to monitor and study "inland waters". In 1932 he was named an Honorary Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. His memorial house in Borok is open to the public. Morozov's grave is close by. The asteroid 1210 Morosovia is named in his honour.