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Nikolai Marr
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Georgian ethnologist and linguist (1864–1934)
Key facts
- Born
- Nikoloz Iakobis dze Mari , ( 1864-12-25 ) 25 December 1864, Kutaisi , Kutais Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 20 December 1934 (1934-12-20) (aged 69), Leningrad , Russian SFSR , USSR
- Known for
- Japhetic theory
- Education
- St Petersburg University
- Discipline
- Linguistics
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Mari
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- British Empire
- Place of birth
- Kutaisi
- Place of death
- Saint Petersburg
- Child
- Yury Marr
- Occupation
- philologist
- Employer
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Georgian
- Award
- Order of Saint Anna
- Notable work
- Japhetic theory
- Doctoral advisor
- Viktor von Rosen
- Field of work
- oriental studies
- Image
- Marr.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nicholas Marr
- date of birth
- 1864-01-06
- date of death
- 1934-12-20
- Commons Creator page
- Nikolaj Âkovlevic Marr
- member of
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- ნიკოლოზ მარი
- manner of death
- natural causes
- civil rank
- Active State Councillor
- cause of death
- stroke
- interested in
- archaeology
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Encyclopedic overview
Nikolai Yakovlevich Marr (Никола́й Я́ковлевич Марр, Nikolay Yakovlevich Marr; ნიკოლოზ იაკობის ძე მარი, Nikoloz Iak'obis dze Mari; 6 January 1865 [O.S. 25 December 1864] — 20 December 1934) was a Georgian-born historian and linguist who gained a reputation as a scholar of the Caucasus during the 1910s before embarking on his "Japhetic theory" on the origin of language (from 1924), now considered as pseudo-scientific, and related speculative linguistic hypotheses.
Marr's hypotheses were used as a rationale in the campaign during the 1920–30s in the Soviet Union of introduction of Latin alphabets for smaller ethnicities of the country. In 1950, the "Japhetic theory" fell from official favour, with Joseph Stalin denouncing it as anti-Marxist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nikolai Marr” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.