David Marshall Lang (May 6, 1924 – March 20, 1991), was a Professor Emeritus of Caucasian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He was one of the most productive British scholars specialized in the Georgian, Armenian and ancient Bulgarian history. May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A professor is a senior teacher and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... The Entholinguistic patchwork of the modern Caucasus - CIA map The Caucasus, a region bordering Asia Minor, is located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea which includes the Caucasus Mountains and surrounding lowlands. ... The School of Oriental and African Studies (often abbreviated to SOAS) was founded in 1916 as the School of Oriental Studies at 2, Finsbury Circus, London, England, the then premises of the London Institution. ... The University of London is a federation of colleges and institutes which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ...

David M. Lang was educated at Monkton Combe and St John’s College, Cambridge where he was a Major Scholar and later held a Fellowship. In his military career he was an officer in Iran during the Second World War. He was appointed, in 1944, acting Vice-Consul in Tabriz, Iran. In 1949 he was the member of staff for the School of Oriental and African Studies at University of London. He began as Lecturer in Georgian language, then as Reader and in 1964 he became Professor of Caucasian Studies. In 1953 he held a Senior Fellowship at the Russian Institute of Columbia University and in 1965 he was a visiting Professor in Caucasian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Between 1962 and 1964 he was Honorary Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society of London. Monkton Combe is a quiet village in north Somerset, England, 6 miles south of Bath. ... The University of Cambridge (often called Cambridge University, or just Cambridge), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Tabriz City Hall, built in 1895, by Arfaol molk, with the aid of German engineers. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The School of Oriental and African Studies (often abbreviated to SOAS) was founded in 1916 as the School of Oriental Studies at 2, Finsbury Circus, London, England, the then premises of the London Institution. ... The University of London is a federation of colleges and institutes which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... Georgian (, kartuli ena) is the official language of Georgia, a republic in the Caucasus. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Article 90a of the bylaws of the Royal Asiatic Society. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ...

For a long time, he directed the Caucasian Studies Department at the University of London^[1], and lectured in Caucasian languages and history at Cambridge and various Universities around the world^[2]

Some of Prof. Lang’s numerous works which are of special value:

• The Last Years of the Georgian Monarchy, 1658-1832 (New York: Columbia University Press, 1957)
• First Russian Radical, Alexander Radischev, 1749-1802 (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1959)
• A Modern History of Georgia (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1962)
• The Georgians (New York: Praeger, 1966)
• Armenia:Cradle of Civilization (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1970)
• Peoples of the Hills: Ancient Ararat and Caucasus by Charles Allen Burney and D.M. Lang (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971)
• Bulgarians: From Pagan Times to the Ottoman Conquest (London: Thames and Hudson, 1976)
• Lives and Legends of the Georgian Saints (New York: Crestwood, 1976)
• The Armenians: A People in Exile (London: Allen and Unwin, 1981)
• Armenia and Karabagh: the Struggle for Unity (London: Minority Rights Group, 1991)

Notes

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See also

• Kartvelian studies

External link

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