Mohammad Moin (, his surname could also be transliterated as Mo'in; July 12, 1914, in

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– July 4, 1971, in

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, Iran)Date of birth July 12, 1914, is according to Professor Mo'in's own notes. However, some sources indicate April 29, 1918, as the date of birth. The latter date seems somewhat unlikely, since it would imply that he should have obtained his BA at the age of approximately sixteen, requiring his entrance to university at approximately twelve or perhaps fourteen, depending on the duration of the BA course. Increasing these values by four leads to reasonable ages, leading one to consider July 12, 1914, as the correct date of birth. was an Iranian scholar of Persian literature and

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Education

Moin studied at the Higher Institute of Science in Tehran and obtained his BA in

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and

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

in 1934. He subsequently went to

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and graduated in applied

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and

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under Elmer Knowles. On returning to Iran he carried out his doctoral research under Ebrahim Pourdavoud at the

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, culminating in a thesis with the title " Mazdayasna and its Influence on Persian Literature" for which he received a PhD with honors in Persian literature and

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

. He is the first doctoral graduate in Persian literature from the University of Tehran.

Career

He was later appointed full professor at University of Tehran, from which position he was subsequently promoted as Distinguished Professor to the Chair of ''Literary Criticism and Research in Literary Texts'' at the same university. He is best known for his famous '' Moin Encyclopedic Dictionary'' as well as his contributions to the '' Dehkhoda Dictionary.'' Mo'in was President of the literature commission of the ''International Congress of Iranian Studies'' and Director of the Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute. Mohammad Mo'in died in 1971 in Tehran. He is buried in Astaneh Ashrafiyeh, Gilan, Iran. His burial chamber was vandalized in 1981 by vigilantes, thought to be due to Mo'in's ties to the political elite of the Pahlavi Era.

Literary works and publications

Awards and honours

* Third degree scientific badge in 1316 AH. * Second degree scientific badge in 1321 * Second degree of gratitude badge in 1327. * Tamhour Prize from the Académie des Inscriptions in 1321. * The highest award of "Art and Literature" by the French government in 1340.

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