Stuart Edward Mann
Stuart Edward Mann (born June 11, 1905 in Nottingham , † August 5, 1986 ) was a British linguist. He dealt in particular with Albanian , Czech and Armenian language history.
Life
Mann received his PhD in Bristol in 1927 . From 1929 to 1931 he lived in Tirana and then taught English at Masaryk University in Brno . From 1947 until his retirement in 1972 he read Czech and Albanian literature at the University of London's School of Slavonic and East European Studies . Most recently he was the author of an extensive comparative Indo-European dictionary.
Publications (selection)
- An Indo-European comparative dictionary. Hamburg 1987
- An Albanian historical grammar. Hamburg 1977
- Czech historical grammar. Hamburg 1977
- Albanian Literature. London 1955
- A historical Albanian and English dictionary (1496-1938). London 1938
Web links
- estate
- albanianhistory.net Stuart E. Mann: Albania Then and Now (text and short biography)
- Literature by and about Stuart Edward Mann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Elsie : Short biography. (No longer available online.) In: albanianhistory.net. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012 ; accessed on October 7, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Man, Stuart Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mann, Stuart E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nottingham |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th August 1986 |