- Stanislav Segert
Stanislav Segert (
May 4 ,1921 -September 30 ,2005 ) was a prominent scholar ofSemitic language s and one of the foremost authorities on North-WestSemitic languages .Life
Born in
Prague , thenCzechoslovakia , Segert began his studies at the Protestant Theological Faculty ofCharles University in 1939 while also signing up for course at the Faculty of Arts. When later that year theNazi occupation authorities closed down all universities, Stanislav Segert completed his studies in various illegal courses and in 1943, he was ordained as a chaplain of the Lutheran church. In 1945-1947, Segert pursued his graduate studies at the Faculty of Arts and was awarded a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Semitic and Classical philology and philosophy. Between 1945 and 1952 he was an assistant lecturer at the Protestant Theological Faculty, mostly teaching courses in Greek andLatin . In 1958, he started teaching at the Faculty of Arts and in 1952, he became a member of the Oriental Institute of the newly established Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. In 1969, following the government repressions in the wake of the 1968Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia , he left for United States where he became a Professor of North-West Semitic languages at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles .Works
* 1975: "Altaramäische Grammatik mit Bibliographie, Chrestomathie und Glossar". Leipzig: VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie.
* 1976: "A Grammar of Phoenician and Punic". Munich: Beck.References
Festschrift en"Sopher Mahir: Northwest Semitic Studies Presented to Stanislav Segert". Edited by Edward M. Cook. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1990 ( = "Maarav: A Journal for the Study of the Northwest Semitic Languages and Literatures", vols. 5-6, 1990). The volume includes a comprehensive bibliography of Segert's work up to the date of publication.
External links
ources
* [http://www.phil.muni.cz/fil/scf/komplet/segert.html A brief overview of his career in Czech]
* [http://krestane.zide.info/modules/news02/article.php?storyid=43 An obituary in Czech]
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