Omeljan Pritsak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Omeljan Pritsak

Ukrainian historian

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1919

Place of Birth: Luka, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 29-May-2006

Profession: historian, university teacher, orientalist, philologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Omeljan Pritsak (Ukrainian: ?????´? ?????´?; 7 April 1919, Luka, Sambir County, West Ukrainian People's Republic – 29 May 2006, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) was the first Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University and the founder and first director (1973–1989) of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.