Omeljan Pritsak

Omeljan Pritsak
Born	7 April 1919 Luka, Sambir County, West Ukrainian People's Republic
Died	29 May 2006 (aged 87) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	Ukrainian
Citizenship	American
Occupation(s)	Academic, professor, historian, linguist, medievalist
Known for	First Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University, founder and first director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, founder of the journal Harvard Ukrainian Studies, founder of the Oriental Institute of the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv, founder of the journal Skhidnyi svit (The Oriental World)
Title	Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University (1975)
Academic background
Education	Polish “First Gymnasium” of Ternopil’, University of Lviv, Shevchenko Scientific Society, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Göttingen
Alma mater	University of Lviv, University of Göttingen, Harvard University
Academic advisors	Ivan Krypiakevych, Ahatanhel Yukhymovych Krymsky
Influences	Roman Jakobson, Viacheslav Lypynsky
Academic work
Era	20th century
Discipline	Medieval studies, Ukrainian history
Institutions	University of Hamburg, University of Washington, Harvard University
Main interests	Oriental, especially Turkic, sources for the history of Kyivan Rus'
Notable works	The Origin of Rus'

Omeljan Yosypovych Pritsak (Ukrainian: Омелян Йосипович Пріцак; 7 April 1919 – 29 May 2006) was the first Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University and the founder and first director (1973–1989) of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.^[1]