Veselin Ivanov Beshevliev ( bg, Веселин Иванов Бешевлиев) (25 March 1900 – ) was a Bulgarian

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and

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

. He was a correspondent member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1941 to his death. He was the author of ''Old Bulgarian Inscriptions''.

Career

He studied history and Slavic philology in the

Sofia University Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the University of Sofia, ( bg, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ''Sofijski universitet „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“'') is the oldest higher education i ...

(1919-1920) and classical philology in Germany - Halle,

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and

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(1920-1925) where he took

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. He became

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(1925-1929), docent (1929-1933) and

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in Classical philology in the Sofia University. He was awarded the Herder Prize in 1972.

Publications

* 1979, ''Old Bulgarian Inscriptions'', first edition; 1992, second edition * 1981, ''Proto-Bulgarian Epigraphic Monuments''

References

Bibliography

* 20th-century Bulgarian historians Bulgarian medievalists Bulgarian philologists Corresponding Members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 1900 births 1992 deaths Herder Prize recipients Sofia University faculty 20th-century philologists {{Bulgaria-historian-stub