Alexander Vovin
Russian-American linguist (1961–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alexander (Sasha) Vladimirovich Vovin (Russian: Александр Владимирович Вовин; 27 January 1961 – 8 April 2022) was a Soviet-born Russian-American linguist and philologist, and director of studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris, France. He was a world-renowned linguist, well known for his research on East Asian languages.
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Vovin.
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Alexander Vladimirovich Vovin | |
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Александр Владимирович Вовин | |
Born | (1961-01-27)27 January 1961 |
Died | 8 April 2022(2022-04-08) (aged 61) |
Spouse |
Sambi Ishisaki-Vovin
(m. 2000) |
Children | 3 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
Thesis | (1987) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Miami University, University of Michigan |
Doctoral students | Marc Miyake |
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