Alexandar Teodorow-Balan
Alexandar Stojanow Teodorow-Balan ( Bulgarian Александър Стоянов Теодоров-Балан ; born October 15, 1859 in Kubej ; † February 12, 1959 in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian philologist , literary historian and bibliographer .
Life
Teodorow-Balan studied Slavic Studies in Leipzig and Prague . From 1893 he was professor and first rector of the Sofia University. He was a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences .
Teodorow-Balan wrote more than 900 scientific papers on linguistic and literary topics and bibliographical questions. He was awarded the Dimitrov Prize . Since 2009 he has given its name to the Balan Ridge , a mountain ridge on the Alexander I Island in Antarctica.
Works (selection)
- Bulgarian literature , 1896
- Bulgarian bibliography over a hundred years , 1909
- The Bulgarians in the southwestern Morava region in 1858 according to J. v. Hahn , Sofia 1917
- Bulgarian grammar , 1930
- New Bulgarian Grammar , 1940
- Bulgarian grammar for everyone , 1954–1961
literature
- Teodorow-Balan, Alexandar Stojanow . In: Taschenlexikon Bulgaria , Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig 1983, page 186.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Teodorow-Balan, Alexandar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Teodorow-Balan, Alexandar Stojanow (full name); Теодоров-Балан, Александър Стоянов (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian philologist, literary historian, bibliographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kubej |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1959 |
| Place of death | Sofia |