Steblin-Kamensky M.I. (1903-1981), historian

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STEBLIN-KAMENSKY Mikhail Ivanovich (1903, St. Petersburg - 1981, Leningrad), philologist and Scandinavia specialist, Ph.D. (philology) in 1948. He graduated from Leningrad State University with a major in philology in 1939. A professor at Leningrad State University from 1950, he founded and headed the chair of Scandinavian philology from 1958. His major works are on the history of Icelandic literature and culture, Scandinavian languages, and general linguistics. He translated and published Old Icelandic records including Icelandic Sagas, Elder Edda, and Younger Edda. He lived at 17 Mokhovaya Street from 1903, 25 Podkovyrova Street from 1920s, 27 Kolpinskaya Street from 1957-60, and 12 Martynova Embankment in 1960-81. Buried at Serafimovskoe Cemetery.

Works: Стеблин-Каменский М. И. Труды по филологии. СПб., 2003.
Reference: К 70-летию М. И. Стеблин-Каменского // Скандинавский сборник. Таллин, 1973. Т. 18. С. 11-33.

A. A. Kononov. Steblin-Kamensky Mikhail Ivanovich
Martynova Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 12
Mokhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 17
Podkovyrova St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 25
К 70-летию М. И. Стеблин-Каменского // Скандинавский сборник. Таллин, 1973
Труды по филологии. СПб., 2003 State University, St. Petersburg
Seraphimovskoe Cemetery