Joseph Orbeli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Orbeli

Soviet orientalist

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1887

Place of Birth: Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia

Date of Death: 02-Feb-1961

Profession: historian, public figure, archaeologist, anthropologist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Joseph Orbeli (Armenian: ?????? ?????? ??????, Hovsep Abgari Orbeli; Russian: ????? ????????? ??????, Iosif Abgarovich Orbeli; 20 March (O.S.
8 March) 1887 – 2 February 1961) was a Soviet-Armenian orientalist and academician, who specialized in medieval history of Southern Caucasus and administered the State Hermitage Museum in Leningrad from 1934 to 1951.
Of Armenian descent, he was the founder and first president of the Armenian Academy of Sciences (1943–47).