Robert Elsie
Robert Elsie was a Canadian anthropologist, linguist, translator, literary scholar, writer and man of letters (1950–2017). He was born at Vancouver and died at Bonn.
Robert Elsie in brief
- Born
- 1950
- Died
- 2017
- Known for
- anthropologist, linguist, translator, literary scholar, writer, man of letters, philologist and albanologist
- Place of birth
- Vancouver
Contents
Catalogued works
43 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1920 to 2005.
The demolition of the Eiffel Tower. Fiset shqiptare. Kosova: një histori dokumentare. Bektashinjtë shqiptarë. Writing in light. Zarys historii literatury albańskiej. Songs of the frontier warriors. Albanian folktales and legends. Albanien im Umbruch. Fjalor historik i Shqipërisë. Edward Lear in Albania. Anthology of Sorbian poetry. Einem Adler gleich. The Pied poets. Lightning from the depths. Balkan beauty, Balkan blood. A Biographical Dictionary Of Albanian History. Historical dictionary of Albania. Anthology of Modern Albanian Poetry, dated 1993. Anthology of Sorbian Poetry: From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day, dated 1990. Dialect relationships in Goidelic, dated 1986. Dictionary of Albanian literature, dated 1986. Handbuch zur albanischen Volkskultur, dated 2002. Historical dictionary of Kosova, dated 2004. Pied Poets, dated 1991. The position of Brittonic, dated 1979. Studies in modern Albanian literature and culture, dated 1996. Albanian Literature, dated 2005. History of Albanian literature, dated 1995. The Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology and Folk Culture, dated 2000. Historical dictionary of Kosovo. Albania and Kosova in colour 1913. The Wedding Gifts, dated c. 1946, gouache, with traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1994.145. Alice and Leaping Fairy, dated August 1920, silver chloride print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2011.129. Flight and Escape (Furnishing Fabric), dated 1950/55, linen, plain weave; screen printed, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1996.487. Letters from Elsie Widdowson, dated 1967-1968, held by Wellcome Collection. Obstetrics and gynecology / J. Robert Willson, Clayton T. Beecham, Elsie Reid Carrington., dated [1971], held by Wellcome Collection. McCance, Robert Alexander (1898-1993), and Widdowson, Elsie May (1908-2000), dated 1929-1993, held by Wellcome Collection. Evliyā Çelebi in Albania and Adjacent Regions (Kosovo, Montenegro, Ohrid) : The Relevant Sections of the Seyahatname / edited by Robert Dankoff and Robert Elsie., dated 2000, held by Wellcome Collection. McCance & Widdowson : a scientific partnership of 60 years, 1933 to 1993 a commemorative volume prepared as a tribute to the 60-year scientific partnership between Robert Alexander McCance ... and Elsie May Widdowson / edited by Margaret Ashwell., dated [1993], held by Wellcome Collection. McCance and Widdowson: personal and biographical materials, dated 1932-1999, held by Wellcome Collection. Self-experimentation, dated 1934-1940, held by Wellcome Collection. Study of changes in composition during development in different species, dated 1944-1974, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 119 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
10 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Robert Elsie – wspomnienie pośmiertne (*29 czerwca 1950 – †2 października 2017), Slavia Meridionalis, 2018. Robert Elsie (1950-2017), Südost-Forschungen, 2017. Robert Elsie dhe gjuha shqipe, Studime Filologjike, 2023. Robert Elsie (1950-2018), Studime Filologjike, 2023. Elsie, Lily [real name Elsie Cotton; married name Lily Elsie Bullough] (1886?–1962), actress and singer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Parashikuesit gjeografikë të demografisë fisnore të Shqipërisë veriore në fillim të shekullit 20, Kosova Anthropologica, 2023. Geographic predictors of early 20th century northern Albanian tribal demography, Kosova Anthropologica, 2023. Bibliografia prac Roberta Elsie. (Teksty naukowe. Tłumaczenia. Opracowania. Wystąpienia), Slavia Meridionalis, 2018. Nopcsa, Baron Franz. 2014. Traveler, Scholar, Politician, Adventurer – A Transylvanian Baron at the Birth of Albanian Independence (ed. and trans. from German Robert Elsie). Budapest: Central European University Press. 227 pp., Hungarian Cultural Studies, 2015. Translating Gjergj Fishta's epic masterpiece, Lahuta e Malcis, into English as The Highland Lute, TranscUlturAl, 2009.
Digitised editions and texts
9 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Historical Dictionary of Albania (2010) — Internet Archive. Why Is Albanian Epic Verse So Neglected? — Internet Archive. ALBANIAN LITERATURE A Short History (2005) — Internet Archive. The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture (2015) — Internet Archive. The Albanian Bektashi: History and Culture of a Dervish Order in the Balkans (2019) — Internet Archive. HISTORI E LETËRSISË SHQIPTARE (1997) — Internet Archive. EVLIYA CELEBi IN ALBANIA AND ADJACENT REGIONS KOSOVO, MONTENEGRO, OHRID (2000) — Internet Archive. Histori E Letersise Shqiptare (1997) — Internet Archive. Albanian Folktales and Legends (2015) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Robert Elsie studied at Paris-Sorbonne University - Paris IV, University of Bonn and École pratique des hautes études. the recorded working language is English, German and Albanian.
The field of work recorded is linguistics, albanology and Albanian literature.
Distinctions recorded are Medal of Gratitude.
Chronology
- 1950Robert Elsie born at Vancouver.
- 1997HISTORI E LETËRSISË SHQIPTARE digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2005ALBANIAN LITERATURE A Short History digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2010Historical Dictionary of Albania digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2015The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2017Robert Elsie died at Bonn.
- 2019The Albanian Bektashi: History and Culture of a Dervish Order in the Balkans digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Robert Elsie”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q717820: Robert Elsie
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Elsewhere in Books
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