Nerses Akinian
Nerses W. Akinian (also Nersēs Akinean , Armenian Ներսես Ակինյան ; born September 10, 1883 in Artvin , † October 23, 1963 in Vienna ) was an Armenian church historian, philologist and leading exponent of Armenian studies .
Nerses Akinian entered the Mechitarist Order in Vienna in 1895 , for which he worked until the end of his life. In 1907 he was ordained a priest. In Vienna he worked for the Order as a librarian and was editor-in-chief of the magazine Handes Amsorya for over 50 years . Research trips took him to the USA, among others . His studies on Armenian literature were published in German, English and Armenian. For his services, he received an honorary doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Vienna on October 30, 1954 .
literature
- Vahan Inglisian: Ներսէս վրդ. Ակինեան. Իր յիսնամեայ գրական գործունէութեան առթիւ ("P. Nerses Akinian on the occasion of his fifty years of literary activity"). Vienna 1954 (with list of publications, pp. 81–109)
- Oriens Christianus . Volume 49 (1965), p. 139
- Mesrob K. Krikorian: Nerses Akinian (1883-1963): A great philologist and armenologist . In: Günter Pritzing, Andrea Schmidt (editor): Das Lemberger Evangeliar , Wiesbaden 1997, pp. 171–177.
Web links
- Literature by and about Nerses Akinian in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Akinian, Nerses |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Akinian, Nerses W .; Akinean, Nersēs; Akinean, Nerses; Ակինիան, Ներսես (Armenian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian philologist and church historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Artvin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1963 |
| Place of death | Vienna |