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Ehsan Yarshater
Iranian historian and linguist (1920–2018)
Ehsan Yarshater (Persian: احسان يارشاطر; April 3, 1920 – September 1, 2018)[2] was an Iranian historian and linguist who specialized in Iranology.
Ehsan yarshater biography of michael jackson
He was the founder and director of the Center for Iranian Studies, and Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia University.
He was the first Persian full-time professor at a U.S. university since World War II.[3]
He was one of the 40 editors of the Encyclopædia Iranica,[4] with articles by 300 authors from various academic institutions.
He also edited the third volume of The Cambridge History of Iran, comprising the history of the Seleucids, the Parthians, and the Sassanians, and a volume entitled Persian Literature. He was also an editor of a sixteen-volume series named History of Persian Literature.[5] He had won several international awards for scholarship, including a UNESCO award in 1959, and