Richard Nelson Frye

Richard Nelson Frye

male, 89 years old
Harvard University, pashto, pahlavi, iranologist, Office of Strategic Services, Persian language
Richard Nelson Frye (c. 1920) is an American scholar of Iranian and Central Asian Studies, and Aga Khan Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at...
Mary Boyce

Mary Boyce

female, deceased (2006)
historian, linguist, Academic, British, Zoroastrianism, zoroastrian…iranologist
Nora Elizabeth Mary Boyce (2 August 1920 - 4 April 2006) was the world's leading doyenne of Zoroastrian studies and Iranology.
Annemarie Schimmel

Annemarie Schimmel

female, deceased (2003)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Muslim, convert to islam, University of Bonn faculty, islam, turkish language…iranologist
Annemarie Schimmel, "Sitara-i-Imtiaz", "Hilal-i-Imtiaz" (April 7, 1922 - January 26, 2003) was a well known and very influential German Iranologist...
Ehsan Yarshater

Ehsan Yarshater

male, 89 years old
Jewish, School of Oriental and African Studies, iranologist, Persian language, Qazvin, Encyclopedia Iranica
Ehsan Yarshater (born April 3, 1920, Hamadan, Iran) is the Director of The Center for Iranian Studies and Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of...

Mehrdad Bahar

male, deceased (1994)
Iran Mythology, Notes on Shahnameh, Mohammad Taghi Bahar, School of Oriental and African Studies, historian, linguist…iranologist
Mehrdad Bahar was a prominent Iranist, linguist, mythologist and Persian historian. Mehrdad Bahar, the son of Persian poet Mohammad Taghi Bahar,...
Alireza Shapour Shahbazi

Alireza Shapour Shahbazi

male, deceased (2006)
Shiraz University faculty, From Shiraz, Academic of the University of London, Harvard University faculty, archeologist, Archaeologist…iranologist
Alireza Shapour Shahbazi (1941-2006 Shiraz) was a prominent Persian archeologist, Iranologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archeology. Alireza...
Abbas Milani

Abbas Milani

male, 60 years old
University of Hawaii alumni, fellow, shahid beheshti university, Ph.D., Iranian Center for Social Research, Doctor of Philosophy…iranologist
Abbas Milani (born 1949) is an Iranian-American historian, Iranologist, and author. Milani is a Visiting Professor of Political Science and the...
Iraj Afshar

Iraj Afshar

male, 84 years old
Ayandeh, From tehran, Yazd, University of Bern, iranologist, Encyclopedia Iranica
Iraj Afshar (born 1925 in Tehran) is a notable Iranian literary figure, scholar of Persian literature, bibliographer, historian, cultural theorist...

Ahmad Tafazzoli

male, deceased (1997)
University of Tehran faculty, linguist, From Isfahan, tehran university, Academic, writer…iranologist
Ahmad Tafazzoli (1937 Isfahan - January 15, 1997) was a prominent persian Iranist and master of ancient Iranian literature and culture. Prof. Dr....
Edward Granville Browne

Edward Granville Browne

male, deceased (1926)
Uley, Stouts hill, Baha'i, From Gloucestershire, Baha'i Faith, opium…iranologist
Edward Granville Browne (1862-1926) born in Stouts Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire, England, was a British orientalist who published numerous articles...