Joseph Orbeli Scientist

Joseph Orbeli (Armenian: Հովսեփ Աբգարի Օրբելի, Hovsep Abgari Orbeli; Russian: Иосиф Абгарович Орбели, Iosif Abgarovich Orbeli; 20 March (O.S. 8 March) 1887 – 2 February 1961) was a renowned Soviet orientalist and academician, who specialized in medieval history of Southern Caucasus and administered the State Hermitage Museum in Leningrad from 1934 to 1951. Of Armenian descent, he was the founder and first president of the Armenian Academy of Sciences (1943–47).

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 20, 1887
Birth place
Kutaisi , Georgia within the Russian Empire
Date of deathFebruary 02, 1961
Place of death
Soviet Union , Saint Petersburg
Education
Saint Petersburg State University

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Scientist

awards
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
doctoral student
Field of study
Iranian studies
Oriental studies
Armenian studies
influenced
influenced by
Ivane Javakhishvili
Michael Rostovtzeff
Nicholas Marr

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