Giorgi Akhvlediani

Giorgi Akhvlediani
Born(1887-04-13)13 April 1887
Died7 July 1973(1973-07-07) (aged 86)
NationalityGeorgian
Citizenship Russian Empire
 Democratic Republic of Georgia
 Soviet Union
Alma materKharkov University
Petrograd University
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics

Giorgi Akhvlediani (Georgian: გიორგი ახვლედიანი; April 13, 1887 – July 7, 1973) was a Georgian linguist whow was member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1941) and a corresponding member of Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union from 1939. He was one of the founders of the Tbilisi State University (1918). Honored Scientist of the Georgian SSR (1943). A member of the International Society of Experimental Phonetics (1932) and Linguistic Society of America (1940). A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1942.