Jan Rypka

Jan Rypka
Rypka before 1960
Born(1886-05-28)28 May 1886
Kroměříž, Moravia, Austria-Hungary
Died29 December 1968(1968-12-29) (aged 82)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Academic work
DisciplineOriental studies
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsCharles University
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Jan Rypka, PhDr., Dr.Sc. (28 May 1886 – 29 December 1968) was a Czech orientalist and translator. He was a professor of Iranology and Turkology at Charles University in Prague.

Jan Rypka was a participant in Ferdowsi Millenary Celebration in Tehran in 1934.

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