Tamaz (Thomas) V. Gamkrelidze (born October 23, 1929) is a distinguished Georgian linguist, orientalist and public benefactor, Academician (since 1974) and President (since February, 2005) of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS), Director of the Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies of GAS (since 1973), Dr.Sci. (1963), Professor (1964). Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... Orientalism is the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures, by Westerners. ... The title Academician denotes a Full Member of an academy. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS) unites the 63 scientific-research Institutes and Centers of the Republic of Georgia. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Gamkrelidze was born in Kutaisi. His brother Revaz Gamkrelidze is also Academician, a famous mathematician. Kutaisi (ancient names: Aea/Aia, Kutatisi) is Georgias second city in the western province of Imereti. ...

Tamaz Gamkrelidze graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Tbilisi State University (TSU) in 1952. Since 1964 Gamkrelidze is a Professor of this University, since 1966 - Head of the Chair of Structural and Applied Linguistics. He is author of outstanding works (among them many monographs) in the fields of Indoeuropean linguistics, Ancient languages, Theoretical linguistics, Structural and Applied Linguistics and Kartvelology. Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University (TSU, Georgian თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი) was established on January 26, 1918, in Tbilisi (capital of the Republic of Georgia). ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies Indo-European is originally a linguistic term, referring to the Indo-European language family. ... Broadly conceived, linguistics is the scientific study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. ... Theoretical linguistics studies diverse questions: how certain languages managed to communicate, what properties all languages have in common, what knowledge a person must have to be able to use a language, and language acquisition. ...

In 1988-1995 he edited the Journal of the Russian Academy of Science "Voprosi Yazikoznanya". He is a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the European Society of Linguistics (in 1986-1988 President of this Society), Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Science, Doctor honoris causa of the Bonn University (Germany) and the University of Chicago (USA), Honorary Member of the American Society of Linguistics, etc. He received a Lenin Prize (1988), Humboldt International Prize (1989) and Ivane Javakhishvili Prize of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1992). In 1992-2005 Gamkrelidze was a member of the Parliament of Georgia. 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Academy is the United Kingdoms national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Russian Academy of Sciences (Росси́йская Акаде́мия Нау́к) is the national academy of Russia. ... Honoris causa (plural: Causae) is a Latin term meaning for the sake of honor, abbreviated as . ... The main building, viewed from the Hofgarten. ... The University of Chicago is a private co-educational university located in Chicago, Illinois. ... Lenin Prize (Russian: Ле́нинская пре́мия) was one of the highest awards in the Soviet Union. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ivane Javakhishvili (April 11, 1876 - November 18, 1940) was an outstanding Georgian historian and public benefactor, co-founder of the Tbilisi State University, one of founders of the modern scientific school of history of Georgia and the Caucasus, Academician (Full Member) of the Academy of Sciences of former Soviet Union... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Some of main works of Tamaz Gamkrelidze

• The Akkado-Hittite syllabary and the problem of the origin of the Hittite script.- "Archiv Orientalni", vol. 29, 1960
• Anatolian languages and the problem of Indo-European migration to Asia Minor.- "Studies in General and Oriental Linguistics", Tokyo, 1970
• Alphabetic writing and the old Georgian script, Caravan Books, New York, 1994
• Indo-european language and Indoeuropeans, vol. I-II, Berlin - New York, 1994-1995 (with V.Vs. Ivanov)

See also

• List of Georgians
• List of linguists
• Georgian Academy of Sciences

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External links

• Home Page of Tamaz Gamkrelidze
• Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS)
• Tbilisi State University