Author: Nikolay Gumilyov
Alternate names: Николай Степанович Гумилёв; Николай Гумилёв; Николай Гумилев; Н.С.Гумилёв; Nikolai Gumilyov
Born: 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1886
Died: 26 August 1921
Bio: Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev (also Gumilyov) was a Russian poet, literary critic, traveler, and military officer. 
He was a co-founder of the Acmeist movement. He was the husband of Anna Akhmatova and the father of Lev Gumilev. 
Nikolai Gumilev was arrested and executed by the Cheka, the secret Soviet police force, in 1921.