David Chubinashvili ( ka, დავით ჩუბინაშვილი; September 26, 1814 – June 5, 1891), otherwise known as David Yesseevich Chubinov (or Tchoubinoff, russian: link=no, Давид Йессеевич Чубинов) by the

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form of his name was a

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and scholar of old Georgian literature.

Career

Having graduated from the University of St. Petersburg in 1839, he later lectured there on Georgian language, rising to the rank of professor. He helped establish the Department of Georgian Language and Literature and chaired it from 1855 to 1871. He was elected to the Imperial Geographic and Imperial Archaeological Societies and participated in the

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-based Society for the Spreading of Literacy Among Georgians (SSLG). He wrote literary criticism for the

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and Georgian press, authored several works on Georgian language and literature, and published

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and other classics of old Georgian literature. Chubinov was twice awarded Demidov Prize for compiling Georgian-Russian-French and Russian-Georgian dictionaries in 1840 and 1846 respectively. He bequeathed his rich collection of Georgian manuscripts to the SSLG.

Personal life

Chubinov was born on September 26, 1814. He died on June 5, 1891, at the age of 76.

References

Давид Йессеевич Чубинов
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. {{DEFAULTSORT:Chubinashvili, David 1814 births 1891 deaths Linguists from Georgia (country) Lexicographers from Georgia (country) Saint Petersburg State University alumni Demidov Prize laureates Kartvelian studies scholars 19th-century lexicographers

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