Joseph Orbeli
Armenian medieval historian (1887–1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph Orbeli (Armenian: Հովսեփ Աբգարի Օրբելի, Hovsep Abgari Orbeli; Russian: Иосиф Абгарович Орбели, romanized: Iosif Abgarovich Orbeli; 20 March (O.S. 8 March) 1887 – 2 February 1961) was a Soviet-Armenian orientalist, public figure and academician who specialized in medieval history of Transcaucasia and administered the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad from 1934 to 1951. He was the founder and first president of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences (1943–47).[1]
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Joseph Orbeli | |
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Born | (1887-03-20)20 March 1887 |
Died | 2 February 1961(1961-02-02) (aged 73) |
Awards | Order of Lenin (2) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (2) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Leningrad State University |
Influences | Nicholas Adontz, Vasily Bartold, Ivane Javakhishvili, Nikolai Marr, Michael Rostovtzeff, Sergei Zhebelev |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Armenian studies, Iranian studies, Oriental studies |
Institutions | Armenian National Academy of Sciences |
Doctoral students | Aram Ter-Ghevondyan |
Influenced | Hrach Bartikyan, Aram Ter-Ghevondyan, Karen Yuzbashyan |
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