Aleksey Shakhmatov
Aleksey Shakhmatov | |
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Алексей Шахматов | |
| Born | 17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1864 |
| Died | 16 August 1920 (aged 56) |
| Resting place | Volkovo Cemetery |
| Spouse | Natalya Gradovskaya |
| Children | 4 |
| Father | Alexander Shakhmatov |
| Relatives | Aleksey Shakhmatov (paternal grandfather) Fyodor von Kohsen (maternal grandfather) Wilhelm von Bistram (maternal great-grandfather) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Thesis | Исследования в области русской фонетики ('Studies in the Sphere of Russian Phonetics', 1894) |
| Doctoral advisor | Filipp Fortunatov |
Aleksey Aleksandrovich Shakhmatov (Russian: Алексе́й Алекса́ндрович Ша́хматов, 17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1864 – 16 August 1920) was a Russian philologist and historian credited with laying the foundations for the science of textology. Shakhmatov held the title of Doctor of Russian language and philology (since 1894). He was a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (before 1917 the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences) since 1899 and a chair of the Department of Russian language and philology of the Academy of Sciences (1908–1920), a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party (1905) and the Russian Empire State Council (1906–1911).