Temira Pachmuss
American literary scholar of Baltic German origin
About Temira Pachmuss
Lived 1927 – 2007 (aged 79). Temira Pachmuss was an American literary scholar, slavist, russian studies scholar, university teacher and man of letters.
Temira Pachmuss (24 December 1927 – 1 May 2007) was a Russian-American philologist.
Early life and education Pachmuss was born in Vasknarva, Ida-Viru County, Estonia. In 1939, her family moved to Germany. In the 1950s, she moved to Australia, where she received a bachelor's degree in Russian from the University of Melbourne in 1954 and a master's degree in Russian in 1955. In 1955, she moved to the United States. In 1959, she defended her doctoral dissertation at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Awards and recognitions In 2001, she received the Order of the White Star, medal class.
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Who was Temira Pachmuss?
American literary scholar of Baltic German origin (1927–2007)
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Temira Pachmuss was born on 24 December 1927 in Ida-Viru County.
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Temira Pachmuss died on 1 May 2007 in Urbana.
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Temira Pachmuss was a literary scholar, slavist, russian studies scholar, university teacher and man of letters.
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Temira Pachmuss was American.
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