Kerovbe Patkanian (Քերովբե Պատկանյան; 1833–1889) was an
Armenian
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* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
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linguist, the Professor of Armenian Studies at the
St. Petersburg University
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. He was the brother of
Raphael Patkanian
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Biography
Patkanian was born i ...
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In 1863 he obtained the master's degree for his eastern literature study ("The History of
Sassanid Dynasty
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according to Armenian Sources"); in 1864 he obtained the doctor degree in literature for "The Study of the Composition in the
Armenian language
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Publications
*''Catalogique de la littérature arménienne depuis le commencement du V jusqu'a XVI siécle.'' (St.Petersburg, 1859);
* The first Russian translation of
Movses Kagankatvatsi Movses Kaghankatvatsi ( hy, Մովսէս Կաղանկատուացի ''Movses Kaġankatvac’i''), or Movses Daskhurantsi ( ''Movses Dasxuranc’i'') is the reputed author (or authors) of a tenth-century Classical Armenian historiographical work on ...
, the Armenian writer of the 10th century,- "The History of Aluank",- with scientific notes and research (St. Petersburg, 1861)
* "Several Words About the Adverbs of Transcaucasian Gipsies" (1886)
* For the "
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The ''Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedic Dictionary'' (Russian: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона, abbr. ЭСБЕ, tr. ; 35 volumes, small; 86 volumes, large) is a comprehensive multi-volume ...
" (1861–1863) he penned a number of articles on geography and history.
Literature
*
N. O. Emin, "Professor Patkanov as Orientalist" (Saint Petersburg, 1874); Obituary in "The Historical Herald" (1889, No. 6).
References
External links
Исследование о диалектах армянского языка.1869, St. Petersburg
1833 births
1889 deaths
Linguists from Armenia
Academic staff of Saint Petersburg State University
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