Grigol Tsereteli
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'''Grigol Tsereteli''' ([[March 12]], [[1870]]-[[1938]]) was a distinguished [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] scientist, one of the founders of [[Papyrology]], founder of the Georgian scientific school of [[Classics|Classical Philology]], Doctor of Philological Sciences, [[Meritorious Scientific Worker]] of Georgia, Honourable Professor.
== Life and works ==
Grigol Tsereteli was born in [[1870]], in [[St Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire]]. His father, Prince '''Filimon Tsereteli''' was a well-known Lawyer and public benefactor.
In [[1893]] Tsereteli graduated from the [[University of St. Petersburg]]. In [[1893]]-[[1897]] he was a Lecturer of the [[St Petersburg Archaeological Institute]], in [[1897]]-[[1902]] Associate Professor of the [[Humboldt University|Berlin University]] ([[Germany]]), in [[1902]]-[[1905]] Associate Professor of the University of St Petersburg. In [[1905]] he received a PhD degree in Classical Philology.
In [[1905]]-[[1914]] Tsereteli was a Professor and Head of the Department of Classical Philology of the [[University of Tartu]], [[Estonia]]. In [[1914]] he received a degree of the Doctor of Philological Sciences.
In [[1914]]-[[1920]] he was a Professor and Head of the Department of Classical Philology of the University of St. Petersburg.
In [[1917]] Tsereteli was elected as Corresponding Member of the [[St.Petersburg Academy of Sciences]] (now the [[Russian Academy of Science]]).
In [[1918]]-[[1920]] he was a Visiting Professor of the [[Humboldt University|Berlin University]].
In [[1920]]-[[1937]] Tsereteli was a Professor and Head of the Department of Classical Philology of the [[Tbilisi State University]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]). In [[1923]]-[[1931]] he was also Director of the Scientific Library of the Tbilisi State University.
Professor Tsereteli was elected as Honorary Member of the Society of Papyrology of Germany (1918) and Honorary Member of the Berlin Institute of Archaeology (1927).
He was author of many outstanding scientific works in the fields of papyrology, classical philology and history of the old Grecian literature.
Professor Tsereteli was a victim of the political repressions of [[1937]] in the former Soviet Georgia. In [[1937]] he was jailed by [[Gosudarstvennoe Politicheskoe Upravlenie|GPU]]. He died in [[1938]], in the prison. Tsereteli is buried in [[Tbilisi]], in the [[Mtatsminda Pantheon]] of distinguished Georgian public benefactors.
== Some of main works of Grigol Tsereteli ==
* "Berliner Griechische Urkunden". III, 5, Berlin, 1900 (in German)
* "Berliner Griechische Urkunden". IV, 2, Berlin, 1904 (in German)
* "New comedies of Menandre" (a monograph), Tartu, 1914 (in Russian)
* "La Papyrologie Greque, en Russie".- "Chronique d'Egypte", XII, Bruxelles, 1931 (in French)
* "Papyri Russischer und Georgisher samlungen". Herausg. von G. Zereteli. Bearb. von G. Zereteli, O. Kruger und P. Yernstedt. Ed. G. Zereteli. I-V, Tbilisi, 1925-1935; Amsterdam, 1966-1967 (in German)
== See also ==
* [[List of Georgians]]
* [[Tbilisi State University]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.webhostcorp.com/members/grigtseret Professor Grigol Tsereteli's Memorial Page]
* [http://www.tsu.edu.ge Tbilisi State University (TSU)]
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[[Category:1870 births]]
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[[Category:Georgian philologists]]
[[Category:Georgian historians]]
[[Category:Soviet historians]]
[[Category:Papyrologists]]
[[Category:Tbilisi State University faculty]]
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