Mary Boyce
Mary Boyce (born August 2, 1920 in Darjeeling , India , † April 4, 2006 ) was a British Iranist .
Mary Boyce's family was originally from Ireland and her father was a civil administration judge in British India . Her mother was the granddaughter of Samuel Rawson Gardiner . She studied in Cambridge and at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. Even before her doctorate (1952), she had been a lecturer in Iranian languages at SOAS since 1947. In 1963 she succeeded her teacher Walter B. Henning as professor at SOAS. She enjoyed an excellent international reputation and was an (honorary) member of numerous scientific associations.
Her main research interests were the Central Iranian languages , Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism ; for the latter, she wrote a multi-volume standard work ( A history of Zoroastrianism , Vol. 1–3, Leiden [and others] 1975–1991; Vol. 3 together with Frantz Grenet; Vol. 4 she could no longer complete). She has also written several articles for the Encyclopædia Iranica .
literature
- Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin et al. a .: Papers in Honor of Professor Mary Boyce. Vol. 1–2, [Festschrift] (= Acta Iranica. Vol. 24–25). Brill, Leiden 1985.
Web links
- Literature by and about Mary Boyce in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary in The Guardian
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boyce, Mary |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Iranist, university teacher and religious scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darjeeling , India |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 2006 |