Alexander Kazhdan
Alexander Kazhdan | |
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Kazhdan in 1992 | |
| Born | Александр Петрович Каждан 3 September 1922 |
| Died | 29 May 1997 (aged 74) Washington D.C., U.S. |
| Known for | Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium |
| Children | David Kazhdan |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Pedagogical Institute of Ufa Moscow State University (PhD) |
| Thesis | Agrarnye otnosheniya v Vizantii XIII-XIV vv. (1952) |
| Influences | Eugene Kosminsky |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Byzantine studies |
| Institutions | |
Alexander Petrovich Kazhdan (Russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Кажда́н; 3 September 1922 – 29 May 1997) was a Soviet and American Byzantinist. Among his publications was the three-volume Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, a comprehensive encyclopedic work containing over than 5,000 entries.