Arnold Chikobava (March 14, 1898-November 5, 1985) was a Georgian linguist, philologist and public benefactor, one of founders and Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS), founder of the scientific school of the Ibarian-Caucasian linguistics, Meritorious Scientific Worker of Georgia, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links ArnoldChikobava. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... The title Academician denotes a Full Member of an art, literary, or scientific academy. ... The Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS) unites the 62 scientific-research Institutes and Centers of the Republic of Georgia. ...

He was born in 1898, in a small village Sachikobavo (Mingrelia (Samegrelo), Western Georgia). In 1922 he graduated from the Tbilisi State University (TSU). In 1926-1985 Associate Professor (1926-1933) and Professor (1933-1985) of this University. In 1933-1960 Chikobava was a Head of the Department of Caucasology of TSU. In 1929 he received a degree of Doctor of Philological Sciences. 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Mingrelia (Samegrelo in Georgian) is a historic province in the western part of the republic of Georgia, formerly also known as Odishi. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University (TSU, Georgian თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი) was established on January 26, 1918, in Tbilisi (capital of the Republic of Georgia). ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1936-1985 Chikobava was a Head of the Department of the Iberian-Caucasian languages of the Institute of Linguistics of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (now the Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics). In 1950-1952 Director of this Institute. 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Since 1941 he was one of founders and Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS). In 1950-1963 member of the Presidium of GAS. 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Prof. Chikobava was: Honoured Doctor of the University of Berlin (1960), Honorary Member of the Royal Philological Society of Great Britain (1968), Laureate of the State Prize of Georgia (1971) and owner of the Lomonosov Prize of the Moscow State University (1951). There is no institution called the University of Berlin, but there are four universities in Berlin, Germany: Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) This is... The Lomonosov Gold Medal, named after Russian scientist and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, is awarded each year since 1959 for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and the humanities by the USSR Academy of Sciences and later the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). ... Moscow State University campus M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: Московский Государственный Университет имени Ðœ.Ð’.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is the largest and oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ...

Main fields of scientific activity of Arnold Chikobava were: the Iberian-Caucasian linguistics, general problems of linguistics, Rustvelology, grammar of Georgian and Caucasian languages, history of Georgian language and literature, Basque-Caucasian hypothesis, lexicography, etc. He was author about 300 scientific-research works and 14 monographs. He was a founder and Editor-in-Chief of the international scientific journal "The Yearbook of the Iberian-Caucasian Linguistics" (now "Iberian-Caucasian Linguistics").

Chikobava died in 1985, in Tbilisi. He is buried in the garden of the Tbilisi State University. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... View of Tiflis from the Grounds of Saint David Church, ca. ...

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• Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics of the Georgian Academy of Sciences