Richard N. Frye
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Richard N. Frye was an American historian and leading scholar of Iranian and Central Asian studies, renowned for his work on the history and culture of Persia and the broader Iranian world.
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| Richard N. Frye canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Iranologist
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historian ⓘ human ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | history ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Central Asia
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Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Persianate world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Princeton University ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies
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Harvard Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Frye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Central Asian studies
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Iranian philology ⓘ Iranian studies ⓘ Islamic history ⓘ Middle Eastern history ⓘ Persian history ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| knownFor |
promoting Iranian studies in the United States
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research on Central Asian history ⓘ scholarship on the history of Iran ⓘ studies of Persian culture ⓘ |
| languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
Arabic
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English ⓘ German ⓘ Persian ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Richard Nelson Frye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bukhara: The Medieval Achievement
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Greater Iran: A 20th-Century Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ The Golden Age of Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ The Heritage of Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ The History of Ancient Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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professor ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Aga Khan Professor of Iranian Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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