Akaki Shanidze

Akaki Shanidze

Akaki Shanidze ( _ka. აკაკი შანიძე) (1887 – 1987) was a Georgian linguist and philologist. He was one of the founders of the Tbilisi State University (1918) and Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1941); Doctor of Philological Sciences (1920), Professor (1920).

Shanidze graduated from the St. Petersburg University (1909). His numerous works heavily influenced modern scholarly research of the Georgian and its sister languages (Kartvelian, or South Caucasian group) both in Georgia and abroad (thanks to his tutorship of the Norwegian Kartvelologist Hans Vogt (1909-1986).

See also

*List of Georgians

References

*"Shanidze, Akaki". In: [http://www.georgianbiography.com/alphabetindex.html#S Dictionary of Georgian National Biography] .
* [http://www.itic.org.ge/asf/home.htm Akaki Shanidze Foundations]


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