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Grigol Tsereteli (March 12, 1870-1938) was a distinguished Georgian
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
 scientist, one of the founders of Papyrology
Papyrology

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, founder of the Georgian scientific school of Classical Philology
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, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Meritorious Scientific Worker of Georgia, Honourable Professor.

Life and works
Grigol Tsereteli was born in 1870, in St Petersburg, Russian Empire
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Grigol Tsereteli (March 12, 1870-1938) was a distinguished Georgian
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
 scientist, one of the founders of Papyrology
Papyrology

Papyrology is the study of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, etc., as preserved in manuscripts written on papyrus, the most common form of writing material in the Egyptian, Greece and Ancient Rome worlds....
, founder of the Georgian scientific school of Classical Philology
Classics

Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean World; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity ....
, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Meritorious Scientific Worker of Georgia, Honourable Professor.

Life and works


Grigol Tsereteli was born in 1870, in St Petersburg, Russian Empire
Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
. His father, Prince Filimon Tsereteli was a well-known Lawyer and public benefactor.

In 1893 Tsereteli graduated from the University of St. Petersburg. In 1893-1897 he was a Lecturer of the St Petersburg Archaeological Institute, in 1897-1902 Associate Professor of the Berlin University (Germany
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), in 1902-1905 Associate Professor of the University of St Petersburg. In 1905 he received a PhD degree in Classical Philology.

In 1905-1914 Tsereteli was a Professor and Head of the Department of Classical Philology of the University of Tartu
University of Tartu

The University of Tartu is a classical university in the city of Tartu, Estonia. Regarded by many Estonians as the country's "national university", it is the highest-ranked university in Estonia as well as one of the highest-ranked in former Eastern Europe....
, Estonia
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. In 1914 he received a degree of the Doctor of Philological Sciences.

In 1914-1920 he was a Professor and Head of the Department of Classical Philology of the University of St. Petersburg.

In 1917 Tsereteli was elected as Corresponding Member of the St.Petersburg Academy of Sciences (now the Russian Academy of Science).

In 1918-1920 he was a Visiting Professor of the Berlin University.

In 1920-1937 Tsereteli was a Professor and Head of the Department of Classical Philology of the Tbilisi State University
Tbilisi State University

Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University, better known as Tbilisi State University , is a university established on 8 February, 1918 in Tbilisi, Georgia ....
 (Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
). In 1923-1931 he was also Director of the Scientific Library of the Tbilisi State University.

Professor Tsereteli was elected as Honorary Member of the Society of Papyrology of Germany (1918) and Honorary Member of the Berlin Institute of Archaeology (1927).

He was author of many outstanding scientific works in the fields of papyrology, classical philology and history of the old Grecian literature.

Professor Tsereteli was a victim of the political repressions of 1937 in the former Soviet Georgia. In 1937 he was jailed by GPU. He died in 1938, in the prison. Tsereteli is buried in Tbilisi
Tbilisi

Tbilisi , is the capital city and the largest city of Georgia , lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....
, in the Mtatsminda Pantheon
Mtatsminda Pantheon

The Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures is a necropolis in Tbilisi, Georgia , where some of the most prominent writers, artists, scholars, and national heroes of Georgia are buried....
 of distinguished Georgian public benefactors.

Some of main works of Grigol Tsereteli


  • "Berliner Griechische Urkunden". III, 5, Berlin, 1900 (in German)
  • "Berliner Griechische Urkunden". IV, 2, Berlin, 1904 (in German)
  • "New comedies of Menandre" (a monograph), Tartu, 1914 (in Russian)
  • "La Papyrologie Greque, en Russie".- "Chronique d'Egypte", XII, Bruxelles, 1931 (in French)
  • "Papyri Russischer und Georgisher samlungen". Herausg. von G. Zereteli. Bearb. von G. Zereteli, O. Kruger und P. Yernstedt. Ed. G. Zereteli. I-V, Tbilisi, 1925-1935; Amsterdam, 1966-1967 (in German)


See also


  • List of Georgians
    List of Georgians

    The following is a partial list of prominent people from the Republic of Georgia, arranged chronologically within categories.Historical figures...
  • Tbilisi State University
    Tbilisi State University

    Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University, better known as Tbilisi State University , is a university established on 8 February, 1918 in Tbilisi, Georgia ....


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