Who am I?

[Toirtis]

Sorry, been busy all day...

This is sooo easy....sheesh!

Next clue:

I was born in St. Petersburg in 1896.

 

[smallfry]

I don't know....

 

[Jchillin]

Lost...have no idea.

 

[Toirtis]

OK, one more clue....

I died in Moscow in November 1993....my greatest (?) legacy is the instrument named after me.

 

[smallfry]

Strattavari (or something like that)

 

[Toirtis]

Bah...one of the greatest inventors of the past 150 years....Lev Sergeivitch Termen (Leon Theremin)!

 

[smallfry]

oh...I guess we're not as scholarly as you!

 

[Jchillin]

Bah...one of the greatest inventors of the past 150 years....Lev Sergeivitch Termen (Leon Theremin)!

Sheeesh - I need to go back to school or do some more reading.

 

[Toirtis]

So do now do I have to do another one?

 

[Jchillin]

Yes...unless you relinquish your turn voluntarily.

 

[Toirtis]

OK.....

I married young...I studied law in England, later becoming a lawyer....I have spent time in prison...I have spent time in South Africa and Switzerland....I was assassinated during the second world war.

 

[Jchillin]

Ok Toirtis...I give in.

A hint may be helpful at this point

 

[crushyfish]

Is it Alfred Hitchkock?

 

[Toirtis]

Sorry...no, not Alfred.

Next clues:

I was once pushed from a train, and later arrested for picking up salt at the beach.

 

[Jchillin]

Engelbert Dollfus?

 

[Toirtis]

No.

 

[BrianNY]

Gandhi

 

[Toirtis]

Gandhi

Bullseye!

 

[Jchillin]

Gandhi

Bullseye!

Didn't Ghandi die in 1946?

 

[Toirtis]

Gandhi

Bullseye!

Didn't Ghandi die in 1946?

Oops...mea culpa...January 30, 1948, actually (for some reason I was thinking '45...must have been tired again). Exactly 57 years ago yesterday.