Ehsan Yarshater
Iranian historian and linguist
Ehsan Yarshater was an Iranian historian and linguist who specialized in Iranology. He was the founder and director of the Center for Iranian Studies, and Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia University.
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Born: April 3, 1920, Hamedan, Iran
Died: September 1, 2018 (age 98 years), California
Place of burial: Kensico Cemetery, NY
Notable work: Encyclopædia Iranica