Aleksander Chodźko

Aleksander Chodźko

Aleksander Chodźko
Born 30 August 1804
Krzywicze, Russia
Died 27 December 1891
Noisy-le-Sec, France
Occupation poet, Slavist, and Iranologist
Nationality Polish
Relatives Leonard Chodźko

Aleksander Borejko Chodźko (30 August 1804 – 27 December 1891) was a Polish poet, Slavist, and Iranologist.

Biography

He was born in Krzywicze in Russia (today's Kryvičy, Belarus), and attended the University of Vilnius. He was a member of the Filaret Association and the Institute of Oriental Studies that was attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire in Saint Petersburg.

From 1830 until 1844, he worked as a Russian diplomat in Iran. From 1852 until 1855, he worked for French Foreign Ministry in Paris. From 1857 until 1883 he succeeded Adam Mickiewicz in the chair of Slavic languages and literatures in the Collège de France.

He was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and the Société de Linguistique de Paris.

Partial bibliography

Persia

Slav

Ballads and poems

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