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Jaan Puhvel

American-Estonian linguist (born 1932)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1932-01-24
Died: 2026-04-25
Works: 27

Top works

Laryngeals and the Indo-European verb
California Studies in Classical Antiquity, Volume 12
Words Beginning with a (Vol. 1). Words Beginning with e and I (Vol. 2)
Words Beginning with K
Words Beginning with H

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Type: Person
Country: EE
Active from: 1953-01-08

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization
· 2018 · cited 5,449x

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Doctor of Philosophy

classical language

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1932 births 2026 deaths Academic staff of McGill University Academic staff of the University of Turku American people of Estonian descent California Democrats Classical philologists Comparative mythologists Estonian classical scholars Estonian emigrants to Canada Estonian World War II refugees Fellows of the Linguistic Society of America

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Dulaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes (REWIND): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

· 2019 · cited 2,529x

Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

· 2024 · cited 1,563x

Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland

· 2010 · cited 1,250x

An Invitation to Cultural Psychology

· 2014 · cited 780x

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Key dates

Born: 24 January 1932
Died: 25 April 2026

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Jaan
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Tallinn
Place of death: Los Angeles
Educated at: Uppsala University
Employer: University of California, Berkeley
Languages spoken: Estonian
Native language: Estonian
Award: Guggenheim Fellowship
Doctoral advisor: Stig Wikander
Field of work: mythology

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Indo-European studies

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Harvard University

Epic of Gilgamesh

International Standard Serial Number

University of California, Los Angeles

Harvard University alumni

Harvard University faculty

Indo-Europeanists

Linguists from Estonia

Linguists from the United States

Linguists of Indo-European languages

McGill University alumni

Order of the White Rose of Finland

Paris-Sorbonne University alumni

People from Tallinn

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Lithuanian mythology

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