David Marshall Lang

Gebundenes Buch

The First Russian Radical

Alexander Radishchev 1749-1802

Beschreibung

When this was originally published in 1959 it was the first full-length biography of Alexander Radishchev published outside Russia and was based on hitherto unpublished material, memoir literature and Radishchev's own writings.

Autor

David Marshall Lang was appointed Acting British Vice-Consul in Tabriz in 1945. In 1946 he became a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge and lecturing in Georgian at SOAS London from 1949-52. From 1952-1953 he was senior fellow at the Russian Institute of Columbia University in New York. In 1958 he was appointed Reader in Caucasian Studies at SOAS. Visiting Professor of Caucasian Studies at UCLA from 1964-5, in 1965 he became Professor of Caucasian Studies at London University. He was Honorary Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1962-64 and held an Honorary Doctorate from Tbilisi University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781032163598
• ISBN-10: 1032163593
• Artikelnr.: 69946232