Wolf Leslau
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Polish-Jewish, American linguist
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Communications
#322
World Rank
#569
Historical Rank
#189
USA Rank
Linguistics
#157
World Rank
#217
Historical Rank
#79
USA Rank
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Communications
Wolf Leslau's Degrees
- PhD Linguistics Columbia University
- Masters Linguistics Columbia University
- Bachelors Linguistics Columbia University
Why Is Wolf Leslau Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Wolf Leslau was a scholar of Semitic languages and one of the foremost authorities on Semitic languages of Ethiopia. Youth and education Leslau was born in Krzepice, a small town near Częstochowa, Poland. When he was a child his family was very poor, and after contracting tuberculosis he usually had to keep a thermometer with him to monitor his body temperature, although the reasons for this are unknown. He was orphaned by the age of 10, and was raised by his brother, and received a yeshiva education.
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