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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox academic Albert Richard Diebold Jr. (January 20, 1934 - 1 March 2014) was an American linguistic anthropologist who was Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. He specialized in Indo-European studies.

Biography

Albert Richard Diebold Jr. was born in New York City, New York on January 20, 1934, the son of Albert Richard Diebold and Dorothy Orizondo.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He was educated at Buckley School and Hotchkiss School. He enrolled at Yale University in 1956, receiving his PhD in 1962. He was subsequently a researcher and professor at Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University. Diebold joined the University of Arizona in 1974, where he retired as Professor Emeritus of Anthropology in 1992.Шаблон:Sfn

Diebold was a linguistic anthropologist who specialized in comparative and historical Indo-European studies, theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics and transcultural psychiatry.Шаблон:Sfn He was known as a world-class expert on the Indo-European languages.Шаблон:Sfn His The Evolution of Indo-European Nomenclature for Salmonid Fish (1985) is credited with having solved the salmon problem and having firmly shown that the linguistic evidence supports the Kurgan hypothesis, which argues in favor of a Proto-Indo-European homeland located on the Pontic–Caspian steppe.Шаблон:Sfn Together with Edgar C. Polomé, Diebold co-edited the Journal of Indo-European Studies Monograph Series, which has published more than 34 monographs. Polomé was friend of J. P. Mallory, who would eventually assume many of his duties at the journal.Шаблон:Sfn Diebold was deeply interested in research on Mesoamerican ethnic groups, particularly the Huave people, and contributed greatly to the survival of that people. Diebold founded and directed the Salus Mundi Foundation, which funded research on Indo-European studies. Diebold was a great fan of the Middle-earth legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien.Шаблон:Sfn

Diebold died in Tucson, Arizona on March 1, 2014. He was survived by a daughter and a grandson.Шаблон:Sfn The Diebold Professor of Comparative Philology at Oxford University is named after him.

Selected works

  • The Evolution of Indo-European Nomenclature for Salmonid Fish, 1985Шаблон:Sfn
  • Introduction to a Dictionary of Some Languages and Dialects of Afghanistan, 2004Шаблон:Sfn

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