Vladimir Fëdorovich Minorsky (; other name: Pokhoronen; February 6, 1877, Korchev, Tver - March 25, 1966, Cambridge) was a famous Russian Jewish Iranologist.

He left Russia during the 1917 Revolution and in 1932 began teaching Persian language at the University of London, reaching professorship status in 1937.

He is considered as one of the most prominent Iranologists ever by many people. His writings number over 200, a prolific author.

Academic titles he received include that of Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (1943), Honorary Member of the Societe Asiatique of Paris (1946), and Doctor honoris causa of the University of Brussels (1948).

His ashes were buried in Leningrad in 1969.

References

• Bosworth, C. E., Iran and Islam: in memory of the late Vladimir Minorsky. 1971. ISBN 085224200X

See also

• Richard Nelson Frye
• Vasily Bartold
• Roman Ghirshman

External Links

• http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~siamakr/Kurdish/KURDICA/2002/2/minorsky.html

Russian Orientalists | Iranologists | 1877 births | 1996 deaths

ヴラジーミル・ミノルスキー | Минорский, Владимир Федорович