David Marshall Lang's Journey From Russia to Armenia

ISBN-13: 9781032158525 / Twarda / 2021 / 1152 str.

Opis

Armenia is the oldest Christian country in the world and there are few countries which have made such an outstanding contribution to civilization as Armenia has. These volumes were written by an acknowledged authority on history and religion in Armenia and Georgia, as well as Russia itself.

O autorze

David Marshall Lang was appointed Acting British Vice-Consul in Tabriz in 1945. In 1946 he became a fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge and lecturing in Georgian at SOAS London from 1949-52. From 1952-1953 he was senior fellow at the Russian Institute of Columbia University in New York. In 1958 he was appointed Reader in Caucasian Studies at SOAS. Visiting Professor of Caucasian Studies at UCLA from 1964-5, in 1965 he became Professor of Caucasian Studies at London University. He was Honorary Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1962-64 and held an Honorary Doctorate from Tbilisi University.