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Leo Wiener (1862–1939) was an American historian, linguist, author and translator . Biography. Wiener was born in Białystok (then in the Russian Empire ), of Lithuanian Jewish origin. [1] . His father was Zalmen (Solomon) Wiener, [2] [3] and his mother was Frejda Rabinowicz.
Leo Wiener has 230 books on Goodreads with 2111 ratings. Leo Wiener’s most popular book is Africa and the Discovery of America.
Leo Wiener, Africa and the Discovery of America. Volume II. BOOK REVIEWS. Africa and the Discovery of America. Volume II. By LEO WIENER, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. Innes & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. 1922.
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Overview. Leo Wiener (1862-1939), a philologist and historian of Yiddish language, literature, and folklore, taught in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University from 1895 to 1930. The Papers of Leo Wiener document his professional career chiefly from 1884 to 1939.
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Jun 13, 2007 · Wiener, Leo, 1862-1939. Publication date. 1920-22. Topics. Columbus, Christopher, Indians, Indians -- Languages, America -- Antiquities, Africa -- Antiquities, America -- Discovery and exploration, Mexico -- Antiquities. Publisher. Philadelphia, Pa. : Innes & Sons. Collection. cdl; americana. Contributor. University of California Libraries.
May 9, 1977 · In the library of a Princeton professor, he came across three volumes, "Africa and the Discovery of America," written by a Harvard Linquist, Leo Weiner, and published more than 50 years ago.
Encyclopaedia Judaica. WIENER, LEOWIENER, LEO (1862–1939), philologist and historian of Yiddish language, literature, and folklore. Born in Bialystok, Poland, he studied at the University of Warsaw in 1880, and then in Berlin.
