Gernot Ludwig Windfuhr (born 2 August 1938 in Essen) is a retired

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from the

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, where he taught in the Department of Near Eastern Studies. He graduated from the Cologne Center of Language Sciences at the

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in 1962, in

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from the

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in 1961, and in

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, Iranian studies, and

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from the

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in 1965.Mazda Publishers
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Career

In 1967, Windfuhr joined the faculty of the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the

as an

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, after a year there as a

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. He was promoted to associate professor in 1969, and became a full professor in 1973. From 1977 to 1987, he served as the head of the department, whereupon he was made

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Editorial boards

*Consulting editor for linguistics – ''

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'' *Editor – ''International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies'' *Editor – ''Iranian Journal of Language Studies'' *Board of Consultants – ''Iranistik. Deutschsprachige Zeitschrift für iranistische Studien''Iranian Languages and Culture
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Books

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Windfuhr, Gernot Ludwig American Iranologists 1938 births Living people Writers from Essen University of Cologne alumni University of Tehran alumni University of Hamburg alumni University of Michigan faculty