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Robert Austerlitz

Romanian-American linguist · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1923 to 1994 · aged 70

Robert Paul Austerlitz was a Romanian-American linguist. Born in Bucharest, he emigrated to the United States in 1938. In June 1950, he received a Master of Arts from Columbia University, where he studied under André Martinet.

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Awards

Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland1969
Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Helsinki
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

With funding from the Ford Foundation, he studied the Uralic and Altaic languages at the University of Helsinki from 1951 to 1953 and Nivkh and Hokkaido at the University of Tokyo from 1953 to 1954.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 1994 · aged 70