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Schaechter, Mordkhe, 1927-2007

LC control no.n 83319693
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Personal name headingSchaechter, Mordkhe, 1927-2007
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Variant(s)Shekhṭer, Mordekhai, 1927-2007
Schaechter, Motkhe, 1927-2007
Schaechter, Mordche, 1927-2007
Schaechter, Itsye Mordkhe, 1927-2007
שעכטער, מרדכי
שעכטער, מרדכי, 1927־2007
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1927-12-01
Death date2007-02-15
Place of birthCernăuți (Romania)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
Field of activityYiddish language
AffiliationColumbia University
Profession or occupationLinguists College teachers
Special noteMachine-derived non-Latin script reference project.
Non-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inBridzsher, D. Der onheyber, 1981, c1947: verso t.p. (Mordekhai Shekhṭer)
His Yiddish II, 1985: CIP t.p. (Mordkhe Schaechter, Columbia Univ.)
Encyc. Judaica, 1971 (Schaechter, Mordkhe, 1927- ; Yiddish linguist; b. in Cernauti, Rumania; to U.S., 1951)
Author's letter to LC, 3-18-87 (Mordkhe Schaechter is the preferred form; also, Motkhe, Mordche)
New York times WWW site, Feb. 16, 2007 (Mordkhe Schaechter; b. Itsye Mordkhe Schaechter, Dec. 1, 1927, Cernauti, Romania (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine); d. yesterday [Feb. 15, 2007], the Bronx, aged 79; leading Yiddish linguist who spent a lifetime studying, standardizing, and teaching the language)