Alexander Anton von Zagareli (also Cagareli or Tsagareli,

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

: ალექსანდრე ანტონის ძე ცაგარელი; 9 December 1844 – 12 November 1929''Барамидзе А. Г.'
Цагарели Ал.
// Краткая литературная энциклопедия / Гл. ред. А. А. Сурков. — М.: Сов. энцикл., 1962—1978. — Т. 8: Флобер — Яшпал. — 1975. — Стб. 365. (in Russian)) was a

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. He was professor at

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

an co-founder of

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...

. Zagareli was born in

Kaspi Kaspi ( ka, კასპი) is a town in central Georgia on the Mtkvari River. It is a center of Kaspi district, one of the four districts in Shida Kartli region. Founded in the early Middle Ages, the town turned into possession of the Amilakhva ...

, Georgia. He studied at the

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, and

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. In 1869 he became a member of

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. Zagareli habilitated at age 27 at the Saint Petersburg State University. There he became a docent for Georgian Literature and later professor for Oriental Languages.

Nicholas Marr Nikolai Yakovlevich Marr (, ''Nikolay Yakovlevich Marr''; , ''Nikoloz Iak'obis dze Mari''; — 20 December 1934) was a Georgian-born historian and linguist who gained a reputation as a scholar of the Caucasus during the 1910s before embarking o ...

was one of his most famous students. Zagareli remained at the Georgian language department at Saint Petersburg for over half a century, until his return to Georgia in 1922. The nearly 80-year-old Zagareli left Russia to take up academic positions at Tbilisi State University. He died in Tbilisi and was interred at the

Mtatsminda Pantheon The Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures ( ka, მთაწმინდის მწერალთა და საზოგადო მოღვაწეთა პანთეონი, ''mtats'mindis mts'eralta da sazogado mo ...

Honours

Order of St. Stanislaus The Order of Saint Stanislaus ( pl, Order Św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika, russian: Орден Святого Станислава), also spelled Stanislas, was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Ponia ...

, 1st class

References

*Ehlich, Konrad: ''Bibliography on Writing and Written Language''. Vol. 1,

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, 1996. * Tuite, Kevin: (2008):
The Rise and Fall and Revival of the Ibero-Caucasian Hypothesis
, ''Historiographia Linguistica'' Vol. 35, No. 1-2. Linguists from Georgia (country) Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni University of Tübingen alumni University of Vienna alumni Academic staff of Saint Petersburg State University Academic staff of Tbilisi State University 1844 births 1929 deaths Burials at Mtatsminda Pantheon Kartvelian studies scholars {{Georgia-linguist-stub