Original: Allan Kardec was a pseudonym of the French teacher and educator Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail ( Lyon , October 3 , 1804 -- Paris , March 31 , 1869 ) , who is known today as the systematizer of Spiritism .
Simplified: Allan Kardec ( Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail October 3 , 1804 - March 31 , 1869 ) was a French philosopher and teacher .