Yuri Rozhdestvensky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yuri Rozhdestvensky

rhetorician, educator, linguist and philosopher

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1926

Place of Birth: Klin, Russia

Date of Death: 24-Oct-1999

Profession: university teacher, orientalist, philosopher, linguist, cultural studies scholar

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Yuri Rozhdestvensky (December 21, 1926 – October 24, 1999) - Russian rhetorician, educator, linguist and philosopher.
Rozhdestvensky started his scholarly career from writing on Chinese grammar; his second Ph.D.
involved the study and comparison of 2,000 grammars and established several language universals; he then moved on to comparative study of Chinese, Indian, Arabic and European rhetorical traditions, and then to the study of general laws of culture.
Rozhdestvensky's influence continues to be powerful.
In his lifetime, he directed 112 dissertations.
His students now teach culture, media ecology, linguistics and communication theory courses in leading colleges in Russia.