| LC control no. | n 50031538 |
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| Personal name heading | Cameron, George G. (George Glenn), 1905-1979 |
| Associated country | U.S. |
| Birth date | 1905-07-30 |
| Death date | 1979-09-14 |
| Place of birth | Pa. |
| Place of death | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Field of activity | Middle Eastern philology Middle East--Study and teaching Iran--Study and teaching |
| Affiliation | University of Chicago. Oriental Institute University of Michigan. Department of Near Eastern Studies |
| Profession or occupation | Philologists Iranologists Historians |
| Found in | His History of early Iran ... 1936. LC database, Aug. 31, 2011 (hdg.: Cameron, George Glenn, 1905- ; usage: George G. Cameron, George Glenn Cameron) Biblical archaeologist, summer 1980: p. 183 (George G. Cameron) p. 184, etc. (b. George Glenn Cameron, 1905, Washington, Pa.; d. Sept. 14, 1979) Encyclopædia Iranica online, Dec. 18, 2012 (Cameron, George Glenn, philologist and historian, b. 30 July 1905 in Washington, Pennsylvania, d. 14 September 1979 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Cameron received the A.B. degree from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, in 1927. After two years as a high-school teacher and principal he took A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Chicago in 1930 and 1932 respectively. Cameron began his career as instructor in Oriental languages and history at the Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago in 1933, rising to associate professor. In 1948 he left Chicago, with the support of the Carnegie Foundation and subsequently the Ford Foundation, founded the Department of Near Eastern Studies at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, one of the first to exemplify the concept of area studies. He served as chairman until 1969 and became professor emeritus in 1975; was an authority on the ancient Near East, particularly Iran and Elam) |
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