Description
Wolf Leslau (1906- ) was a professor of Hebrew and Semitic linguistics at UCLA (1955-76) and the author of many books. The
collection consists of a manuscript with holographic corrections and research materials relating to Leslau's
English-Amharic context dictionary (1973) and materials relating to
Etymological dictionary of Gurage (Ethiopic) (1979).
Background
Leslau was born on November 14, 1906 in Krzepice, Poland; lic. es lett. (1934) and Ph.D (1953), Sorbonne, University of Paris,
1934; diploma, Ecole des Hautes Etudes, 1934; diploma, Ecole Nationale des Langues Orientales, 1935; lecturer in southern
Arabic, Ecole des Hautes Etudes, 1936-39; professor of Semitic studies, Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes (New York City), 1942-46;
associate professor, Asia Institute (New York City), 1946-51; associate professor of Near Eastern languages, Brandeis University,
1951-55; professor of Hebrew and Semitic linguistics, UCLA, 1955-76, then professor emeritus; fellow, American Academy of
Arts and Sciences; author of many books, including
Ethiopic documents: Gurage (1950),
Ethiopic and South Arabic contributions to the Hebrew lexicon (1958),
Amharic-English and English-Amharic vocabulary (1963),
An annotated bibliography of the Semitic languages of Ethiopia (1965), and
English-Amharic context dictionary (1973).
Restrictions
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are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.