Mose Janashvili, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mose Janashvili

Georgian historian

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1855

Place of Birth: Qakh, Qakh District, Azerbaijan

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1934

Profession: historian, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Mose Janashvili

  • Mose Janashvili (Georgian: ???? ?????????) (March 19, 1855 – April 19, 1934) was a Georgian historian, ethnographer, and linguist.
  • He was born into a Georgian Ingilo community at Qakh (now Azerbaijan).
  • Educated at Tbilisi and Kutaisi, he worked as a teacher for several years, from 1875 to 1920, and later served as a professor at the Tbilisi State University.
  • He mostly engaged in study of medieval Georgian chronicles and hagiographic literature.
  • As a linguist, Janashvili subscribed to the theory that linked Georgian with the Indo-European languages.
  • He is buried at Mtatsminda Pantheon in Tbilisi.

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