Francis Dvornik was a Czech academic medievalist, byzantinist, slavist and Catholic priest. He was one of the leading 20th century authorities on Slavic and Byzantine history and matters related to the churches of Rome and Constantinople.
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Camille JullianAlso won Prix Thérouanne
Thomas MaddenAlso won Haskins Medal
Emil FillaAlso won Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class III
Averil CameronAlso won Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
Shelomo Dov GoiteinAlso won Haskins Medal
Jean FavierAlso won Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of AmericaAbout this person
Francis Dvornik was a Czech academic medievalist, byzantinist, slavist and Catholic priest. He was one of the leading 20th century authorities on Slavic and Byzantine history and matters related to the churches of Rome and Constantinople. For almost three decades, he was a professor of Byzantine history at the Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies of Harvard University.
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Lived 1893 to 1975 · aged 82
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