William Morfill
1834
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1909
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country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Corpus Christi College, Oriel College, Maidstone Grammar School, Tonbridge School
occupation: linguist, historian, philologist, Russian studies scholar, university teacher
award received: Fellow of the British Academy
William Richard Morfill FBA (17 November 1834 – 9 November 1909) was Professor of Russian and the other Slavonic languages at the University of Oxford from 1900 until his death. He was the first professor of Russian in Britain, and his house in North Oxford was marked with a commemorative blue plaque by the Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board in 2009. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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