Alexander Javakhishvili
Alexander Javakhishvili | |
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| Born | Alexander Nikolayevich Javakhishvili August 17, 1875 |
| Died | January 22, 1973 (aged 97) |
| Citizenship | Soviet |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geography, anthropology |
Alexander Nikolayevich Javakhishvili (Georgian: ალექსანდრე ნიკოლოზის ძე ჯავახიშვილი;) born 17 August 1875, in Gori, Georgia – died January 22, 1973, Tbilisi, Georgia) was a Soviet and Georgian geographer and anthropologist.
Professor A. N. Javakhishvili was one of the oldest geographers and anthropologists in the Soviet Union. He was the founder of Soviet Georgian geography which, under him, developed into a school. His qualifications and awards include Doctor of Sciences (1937), recognition as an Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1944), a Merited Scientist, an honorary member of the USSR Geographic Society, and winner of a State Prize of the Georgian SSR.