Semyon Kirlian

Semyon Davidovich Kirlian (Russian: Семён Давидович Кирлиан; Armenian: Սիմոն Կիրլյան; February 20, 1898 - April 4, 1978) was a Soviet electrican of Armenian descent, noted (along with his wife Valentina Kirlian) for his namesake Kirlian photography, a technique for the capture of electrical coronal discharge, commonly associated with auric research.