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Rostovzeff, Michael I. ((Michael Ivanovitch)), 1870-1952.
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Rostovzeff, Michael Ivanovitch
Rostovtzeff, Michael I. (Michael Ivanovitch)
Rostovtzeff, Michael (Michael)
Rostovtzeff, Michael Ivanovitch
Rostowzew, M. (Michael)
Rostowzew, Michael
Rostovtsev, Mikhail Ivanovich
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
| 1870, Nov. 10 | Born, Zhitomir (the Ukraine), Russia |
| 1888 | Graduated from the First Classical Gymnasium, Kiev, Russia |
| 1892 | B.A., University of St. Petersburg |
| 1899 | Master of Latin Literature, University of St. Petersburg |
| 1901 | Married Sophie M. Kulezycki |
| 1903 | Doctor of Latin Literature, University of St. Petersburg |
| 1905-1918 | Member, Constitutional Democratic Party |
| 1916-1919 | Member, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| 1918 | Emigrated to Great Britain |
| 1918-1920 | Lecturer, Queen's College, |
| 1920-1925 | Professor of Ancient History, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. |
| 1925-1939 | Sterling Professor of Ancient History, Yale University |
| 1926-1927 | Published A History of the Ancient World |
| 1926 | Published The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire |
| 1928-1937 | Director of the Yale University Expedition at Dura-Europos |
| 1938 | Published Dura-Europos and Its Art |
| 1939 | Appointed Director of Archaeological Studies, Yale University |
| 1941 | Published The Social and Economic History of the Hellenistic World |
| 1944 | Appointed as the Sterling Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology, Emeritus |
| 1952, Oct. 20 | Died, New Haven, Conn. |
Professor Rostovzeff received honorary degrees from the University of Leipzig (1909), Oxford University (1919), University of Wisconsin (1924), Cambridge University (1934), Harvard University (1936), Athens University (1937), and the University of Chicago (1941). He was also a member of numerous national academies and learned societies, both in the United States and Europe. Included among these are Phi Beta Kappa, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philological Society, La Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia, Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, and the Polish Academy of Science.
| Creator: | Rostovzeff, Michael I. (Michael Ivanovitch), 1870-1952. |
| Title: | Papers of Michael Ivanovitch Rostovzeff, (1897-1968) |
| Extent: | Linear ft. of shelf space occupied: 4.5; Number of items: ca. 2,500 |
| Repository: | Duke University. Special Collections Library. |
| Abstract: | The Michael I. Rostovzeff Papers span the years 1897 to 1968 with the bulk dated 1926 to 1954. The collection chiefly consists of the correspondence of Michael Rostovzeff and C. Bradford Welles, a colleague of Rostovzeff's at Yale University, with other scholars in the fields of ancient history, archaeology, and philology. Other materials include autobiographical writings by Rostovzeff, photographs, financial papers, and clippings. The papers primarily reflect Michael Rostovzeff's tenure as a faculty member of the Classics Department at Yale University. |
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Maintenance history:
| Name | Date | Event |
| Daniel Pitti | 3 September 2001 | Record created using <bioghist> element in rostov.xml |
Language/Script of description: English in Latin Script.
Descriptive rules: Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, Second Edition.
Sources:
Guide to the Papers of Michael Ivanovitch Rostovzeff
Michael Ivanovitch Rostovzeff, 1870-1952
Library of Congress Name Authority File, record id:
His Istoriia gosudarstvennago otkupa, 1899.
nuc89-43423: His Iranians & Greeks in south Russia [MI] 1922 (hdg. on MH rept.: Rostovtsev, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1870-1952; usage: M. Rostovtzeff)
Römische Bleitesserae, 1979: t.p. (Michael Rostowzew)