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Roman Jakobson

Russian linguist (1896–1982).

Born October 10th, 1896 in Moscow. [ref]

Died July 18th, 1982 at 85 years old in Boston, Cambridge. [ref]

Occupations
critic, historian, linguist, literary scholar, pedagogue, philologist, scientist, teacher, university teacher, writer
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