Jaroslav Rudnyckyj Writer
Jaroslav Bohdan Rudnyckyj, OC (Ukrainian: Яросла́в-Богда́н Рудни́цький; November 18, 1910 – October 19, 1995) was a Ukrainian Canadian linguist, lexicographer with a specialty in etymology and onomastics, folklorist, bibliographer, travel writer, and publicist. He was one of the pioneers of Slavic Studies in Canada and one of the founding fathers of Canadian "Multiculturalism". In scholarship, he is best known for his incomplete two volume Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (1962–82), his Ukrainian-German Dictionary (1943), and his extensive study of the term and name "Ukraine" (1951).
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| Alias (AKA) | Рудницький Ярослав-Богдан |
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| Birth date | January 01, 1910 |
| Birth name | Ярослав-Богдан Рудницький |
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| Date of death | October 19, 1995 |
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