Francis Dvornik | |
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Born | František Dvorník 14 August 1893 |
Died | 4 November 1975 | (aged 82)
Academic background | |
Thesis | Les Slaves, Byzance et Rome (1926) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | |
Notable works | Les legendes de Constantin et de Methode vues de Byzan (1933), The Slavs: Their Early History and Civilization (1956), Byzantine Missions among the Slavs (1970)[1][2][3] |
Francis Dvornik (Czech: František Dvorník; 14 August 1893 – 4 November 1975) was a Czech academic medievalist, byzantinist, slavist and Catholic priest. He was one of the leading 20th century authorities on Slavic and Byzantine history and matters related to the churches of Rome and Constantinople. For almost three decades, he was a professor of Byzantine history at the Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies of Harvard University.