Papers, 1940-1975.

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Papers, 1940-1975.

Collection consists of a manuscript with holographic corrections and research materials relating to Wolf Leslau's English-Amharic context dictionary (1973) and materials relating to his Etymological dictionary of Gurage (Ethiopic) (1979).

9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)32 oversize boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7409718

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of Linguistics

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Leslau, Wolf

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Leslau was born on Nov. 14, 1906 in Krzepice, Poland; lic. es lett. (1934) and Ph. D (1953), Sorbonne, Univ. of Paris, 1934; diploma, Ecole des Hautes Etudes, 1934; diploma, Ecole Nationale des Langues Orientales, 1935; lecturer in southern Arabic, Ecole des Hautes Etudes, 1936-39; professor of Semitic studies, Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes (New York City), 1942-46; assoc. professor, Asia Institute (New York City), 1946-51; assoc. professor of Near Eastern languages, Brandeis Univ., 1951-55; pro...