David Marshall Lang

David Marshall Lang ( * May 6, 1924; † 20 March 1991) was a British historian. He headed the department of Caucasian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Lang studied at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he later became a Fellow. During World War II he was stationed as an officer in Iran and was vice consul in Tabriz, where he came into contact with the Armenian population ( in the 1960s and 1970s, he visited several times Armenia). It was after the war, Lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies (initially for Georgian language) and Professor in 1964.

He was a visiting professor at Columbia University (1953), at Cambridge and at the University of California, Los Angeles ( 1965). 1962 and 1964 he was Honorary Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Long dealt with the history of Georgia, Armenia and Bulgaria and also publishes several books.

Writings (selection )

  • The Last Years of the Georgian Monarchy, 1658-1832, Columbia University Press, 1957
  • First Russian Radical, Alexander Radischev, 1749-1802, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1959
  • A Modern History of Georgia, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1962
  • The Georgians, New York: Praeger, 1966
  • Armenia: Cradle of Civilization, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1970
  • With Charles Allen Burney Peoples of the Hills: Ancient Ararat and Caucasus, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971 German translation: The hill tribes of Asia Minor. Armenia and the Caucasus from prehistoric times to the Mongol invasion. Kindler Cultural History 1973
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