Iorgu Iordan
Romanian linguist (1888-1986) · Romania · On the map · Academics · Died at 97
Iorgu Iordan was a Romanian linguist, philologist, diplomat, journalist, and left-wing agrarian, later communist, politician.
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The author of works on a large variety of topics, most of them dealing with issues of the Romanian language and Romance languages in general, he was elected a full member of the Romanian Academy in 1945. He was head of its Institute of Linguistics between 1949 and his retirement in 1962.
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Romania
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1888 to 1986 · aged 97
