David Neil MacKenzie

British linguist (1926–2001)

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

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

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