Stepan Malkhasyants | |
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Born | |
Died | July 21, 1947 | (aged 89)
Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
Known for | Armenian Explanatory Dictionary |
Awards | Stalin Prize (1946) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Philology, Armenian studies, Oriental Studies |
Institutions | Armenian Academy of Sciences |
Stepanos Sargsi Malkhasiants (Armenian: Ստեփան Սարգսի Մալխասյանց; November 7 [O.S. October 25] 1857 – July 21, 1947) was an Armenian academician, philologist, linguist, and lexicographer. An expert in classical Armenian literature, Malkhasiants wrote the critical editions and translated the works of many classical Armenian historians into modern Armenian and contributed seventy years of his life to the advancement of the study of the Armenian language.