Alexander Kazhdan
Soviet American historian (1922–1997) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Petrovich and the family name is Kazhdan.
Alexander Petrovich Kazhdan (Russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Кажда́н; 3 September 1922 – 29 May 1997) was a Soviet-American Byzantinist. Among his publications was the three-volume Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, a comprehensive encyclopedic work containing over than 5,000 entries.
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Alexander Kazhdan | |
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Born | Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Кажда́н (1922-09-03)3 September 1922 |
Died | 29 May 1997(1997-05-29) (aged 74) Washington D.C., U.S. |
Known for | Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium |
Children | David Kazhdan |
Academic background | |
Education | Pedagogical Institute of Ufa Moscow State University (PhD) |
Thesis | Agrarnye otnosheniya v Vizantii XIII-XIV vv. (1952) |
Influences | Eugene Kosminsky |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Byzantine studies |
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