Ehsan Yarshater

Iranian historian and linguist (1920–2018)

Ehsan Yarshater (Persian: احسان يارشاطر; April 3, 1920 – September 1, 2018) was an Iranian historian and linguist who specialized in Iranology. He was the founder and director of the Center for Iranian Studies, and Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia University.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Ehsan Yarshater (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Apr 3, 1920, died Sep 2, 2018.¹