Aharon Dolgopolsky

Aharon Dolgopolsky
Aharon Dolgopolsky
אהרון דולגופולסקי
	Aharon Dolgopolsky
Born	18 November 1930; Moscow, Russia
Died	20 July 2012 (aged 81); Haifa, Israel
Occupation	Linguist
Academic work
Main interests	Historical linguistics

Aharon Dolgopolsky, also spelled Aron (Hebrew: אהרון דולגופולסקי, Russian: Арон Борисович Долгопольский; 18 November 1930 – 20 July 2012^[1]), was a Russian-Israeli linguist who is known as one of the modern founders of comparative Nostratic linguistics.^[2]^[3]

Biography

Born in Moscow, he arrived at the long-forgotten Nostratic hypothesis in the 1960s, at around the same time but independently of Vladislav Illich-Svitych. Together with Illich-Svitych, he was the first to undertake a multilateral comparison of the supposed daughter languages of Nostratic. Teaching Nostratics at Moscow University for 8 years, Dolgopolsky moved to Israel in 1976, and taught at the University of Haifa.

Dolgopolsky was featured in the 1994 NOVA documentary, In search of the first language.

He died on 20 July 2012 in Haifa.

References

↑ "Долгопольский Ахарон. Электронная еврейская энциклопедия". Eleven.co.il. 2006-07-04. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
↑ Renfrew, Colin (29 May 1998). "At the cutting edge". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
↑ Selvin, Paul (26 August 1990). "the secret code of 'proto-World'". The Day. pp. G7, G8. Retrieved 21 February 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

External links

[1] "Долгопольский Ахарон. Электронная еврейская энциклопедия". Eleven.co.il. 2006-07-04. Retrieved 2012-08-27.

[2] Renfrew, Colin (29 May 1998). "At the cutting edge". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 21 February 2011.

[Selvin-3] Selvin, Paul (26 August 1990). "the secret code of 'proto-World'". The Day. pp. G7, G8. Retrieved 21 February 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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