Akaki Shanidze | |
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 1963 | |
| Born | February 26, 1887 |
| Died | March 29, 1987 (aged 100) |
| Resting place | Nogha, Samtredia |
| Occupation | Linguist |
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Akaki Shanidze (Georgian: აკაკი შანიძე) (Born: 26 February 1887 in Nogha, Samtredia, Georgia, Died 29 March 1987 in Tbilisi, Georgia) was a Georgian linguist and philologist. He was one of the founders of the Tbilisi State University (1918) and Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1941); Doctor of Philological Sciences (1920), Professor (1920). He became a doctor in Tbilisi State University. His most important Georgian works were in linguistic sciences.
Shanidze graduated from the St. Petersburg University in 1909. His numerous works heavily influenced modern scholarly research of the Georgian and its sister Kartvelian languages both in Georgia and abroad with his tutorship of the Norwegian Kartvelologist Hans Vogt.
During his career, he was awarded:
