David Neil MacKenzie

David Neil MacKenzie
Born8 April 1926
London, UK
Died13 October 2001
Bangor, Wales, UK
OccupationLinguist

David Neil MacKenzie FBA (8 April 1926 – 13 October 2001) was a scholar of Iranian languages.

MacKenzie helped with the study of Iranic languages. This includes Middle Persian, Sogdian and Pashto.[1]

He wrote the Concise Pahlavi Dictionary (1971). It was one of the most famous lexicographic(a dictionary that translates two languages) books for the 9th-12th century Zoroastrian texts.

References

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  1. Sims-Williams, Nicholas (22 October 2001), "Obituary: Professor D. N. MacKenzie", The Independent, London, archived from the original on 30 September 2007, retrieved 31 March 2007