Wiener, Leo, 1862-1939
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- Viner, L., 1862-1939
- Weiner, Leo, 1862-1939
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Birth Date
- 1862
Death Date
- 1939
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Harvard University
Birth Place
- BiaĆystok, Poland
Field of Activity
Slavic literature--History and criticism
(lcsh) Slavic literature--Study and teaching (Higher)
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Earlier Established Forms
- Weiner, Leo, 1862-1939
Sources
- found: His Africa and the discovery of America, 1999:CIP t.p. (Leo Wiener)
- found: Tolstoy, L. Four Gospels harmonized and translated, c1904:t.p. (Leo Weiner, asst. prof. of Slavic languages at Harvard)
- found: OCLC, Nov. 30, 2005(hdg.: Weiner, Leo, 1862-1939; Weiner, Leo, 1862- ; Weiner, Leo; usage: Leo Weiner)
- found: Wikipedia, July 22, 2013(Leo Wiener (1862-1939) was an American historian, linguist, author and translator; born in Russia, of Polish-Jewish origin, and spent the early part of his childhood in Russia; beginning in 1896, Wiener lectured on Slavic cultures at Harvard University and became the first American professor of Slavic literature. He translated 24 volumes of Lev Tolstoy's works into English)
- found: Wikisource, July 22, 2013(Leo Wiener (1862-1939). Professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Harvard University. Translator of Russian works, notably from Leo Tolstoy. Contributor to German, Russian, French, English, and American philological periodicals.)
- found: Jews in the American academy, 1900-1940, 1998, via Google books, viewed July 22, 2013:p. 8 (Leo Wiener; born in Bialystok in 1862) p. 14 (philologist)
- found: The Blackwell dictionary of Judaica, 1992, via Blackwell reference online, July 22, 2013(Wiener, Leo (1862-1939). American philologist. He was born in Bialystok, Poland. In 1882 he settled in the US, where he became a professor at Harvard University. His publications include History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century)
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- 1980-04-18: new
- 2023-08-29: revised
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