George Bournoutian
| George A. Bournoutian (Persian: جورج بورنوتیان) | |
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September 25, 1943 Isfahan, Iran |
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George A. Bournoutian (Persian: جورج بورنوتیان, 25 September 1943, Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian-American professor, historian, and author of Armenian descent. He is a Senior Professor of History at Iona College and the author of over 28 books, particularly focusing on Armenian history. He has taught Iranian history at UCLA, and Armenian history at Columbia University, Tufts University, New York University, Rutgers University, the University of Connecticut, Ramapo College, and Glendale Community College. He is currently the Visiting Professor of Armenian History at Columbia. Bournoutian is one of the 40 editors of the Encyclopaedia Iranica as well.
George Bournoutian was born in Isfahan, Iran into an Armenian family. He grew up in Iran, and he received his High school diploma from the well-known Andisheh (Don Bosco) institution in Tehran. He immigrated to the United States in 1964. He received his M.A degree in 1971 and his Ph.D. in History (Armenian and Iranian studies) in 1976 at UCLA (“Eastern Armenia on the Eve of the Russian Conquest”, also published as a book in 1982, and 1992).
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