Alexander Kazhdan

Alexander Kazhdan
Kazhdan in 1992
Born
Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Кажда́н

(1922-09-03)3 September 1922
Died29 May 1997(1997-05-29) (aged 74)
Known forOxford Dictionary of Byzantium
ChildrenDavid Kazhdan
Academic background
EducationPedagogical Institute of Ufa
Moscow State University (PhD)
ThesisAgrarnye otnosheniya v Vizantii XIII-XIV vv. (1952)
InfluencesEugene Kosminsky
Academic work
DisciplineByzantine studies
Institutions

Alexander Petrovich Kazhdan (Russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Кажда́н; 3 September 1922 – 29 May 1997) was a Soviet-American Byzantinist. Among his publications was the three-volume Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, a comprehensive encyclopedic work containing over than 5,000 entries.