Aharon Dolgopolsky | |
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אהרון דולגופולסקי | |
 Aharon Dolgopolsky | |
| Born | (1930-11-18)18 November 1930 Moscow, Russia |
| Died | 20 July 2012(2012-07-20) (aged 81) Haifa, Israel |
| Occupation | Linguist |
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| Main interests | Historical linguistics |
Aharon Dolgopolsky, also spelledAron (Hebrew:אהרון דולגופולסקי,Russian:Арон Борисович Долгопольский; 18 November 1930 – 20 July 2012[1]) was aRussian-Israelilinguist who is known as one of the modern founders of comparativeNostratic linguistics.[2][3]
Born inMoscow, he arrived at the long-forgottenNostratic hypothesis in the 1960s, at around the same time but independently ofVladislav Illich-Svitych. Together with Illich-Svitych, he was the first to undertake amultilateral comparison of the supposed daughter languages of Nostratic. Teaching Nostratics atMoscow University for 8 years, Dolgopolsky moved to Israel in 1976, and taught at theUniversity of Haifa.
Dolgopolsky was featured in the 1994NOVA documentary,In search of the first language.
He died on 20 July 2012 inHaifa.
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