Mose Janashvili ( ka, მოსე ჯანაშვილი) (19 March 1855 – 19 April 1934) was a Georgian historian, ethnographer, and linguist. He was born into a Georgian Ingilo community at

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(now

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). Educated at

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and

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, he worked as a teacher for several years, from 1875 to 1920, and later served as a professor at the

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი, tr; often shorten ...

. He mostly engaged in study of medieval Georgian chronicles and hagiographic literature. As a linguist, Janashvili subscribed to the theory that linked Georgian with the

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.Очерки истории Грузии: В 8-и т. / АН ГССР, Ин-т ист., археол. и этнографии - Тб.: Мецниереба: Тип. АН ГССР; Т.5 : Грузия в XIX веке / [Ред.: М. Гаприндашвили, О. Жорданиа] -, 1990
(''Studies in the history of Georgia'', vol. 5) He is buried at

Mtatsminda Pantheon The Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures ( ka, მთაწმინდის მწერალთა და საზოგადო მოღვაწეთა პანთეონი, ''mtats'mindis mts'eralta da sazogado mo ...

in Tbilisi.

References

1855 births 1934 deaths Burials at Mtatsminda Pantheon 20th-century historians from Georgia (country) Philologists from the Russian Empire Linguists from Georgia (country) Philologists from Georgia (country) Academic staff of Tbilisi State University People from Qakh Ingiloy people {{Georgia-historian-stub