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Sir Gerard Leslie Makins Clauson (28 April 1891 – 1 May 1974) was an English civil servant, businessman, and Orientalist best known for his studies of the Turkic languages. The eldest son of Major Sir John Eugene Clauson, Gerard Clauson attended Eton College, where he was Captain of School, and where, at age 15 or 16, he published a critical edition of a short Pali text, "A New Kammavācā" in the Journal of the Pali Text Society. In 1906, when his father was named Chief Secretary for Cyprus, he taught himself Turkish to complement his school Greek. He studied at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in classics, receiving his degree in Greats, then became Boden Scholar in Sanskrit, 1911; Hall-Houghtman Syriac Prizeman, 1913; and James Mew Arabic Scholar, 1920. During World War I, he fought in the

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  • Gerard Clauson (de)
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  • Клосон, Джерард (ru)
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  • Сэр Джерард Лесли Макинс Клосон (англ. Sir Gerard Leslie Makins Clauson; 1891 — 1974) — британский государственный служащий, бизнесмен, востоковед, наиболее известный в связи с исследованиями тюркских языков. (ru)
  • Sir Gerard Leslie Makins Clauson (28 April 1891 – 1 May 1974) was an English civil servant, businessman, and Orientalist best known for his studies of the Turkic languages. The eldest son of Major Sir John Eugene Clauson, Gerard Clauson attended Eton College, where he was Captain of School, and where, at age 15 or 16, he published a critical edition of a short Pali text, "A New Kammavācā" in the Journal of the Pali Text Society. In 1906, when his father was named Chief Secretary for Cyprus, he taught himself Turkish to complement his school Greek. He studied at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in classics, receiving his degree in Greats, then became Boden Scholar in Sanskrit, 1911; Hall-Houghtman Syriac Prizeman, 1913; and James Mew Arabic Scholar, 1920. During World War I, he fought in the (en)
  • Sir Gerard Leslie Makins Clauson (* 28. April 1891; † 1. Mai 1973) war ein britischer Orientalist (besonders türkische und mongolische Sprachen) und Diplomat. Clauson besuchte das Eton College und publizierte schon als Schüler einen Aufsatz zur Pali-Sprache (1906). Sein Vater (1866–1918) war Hochkommissar für Zypern und Clauson lernte deshalb Türkisch im Selbststudium. Er studierte Altphilologie am Corpus Christi College in Oxford und außerdem Sanskrit, Syrisch und Arabisch, wofür er jeweils Universitätspreise erhielt. Im Ersten Weltkrieg nahm er als Infanterieoffizier an der Schlacht von Gallipoli teil und war im militärischen Geheimdienst (stationiert im Irak und Ägypten) an der Entschlüsselung militärischer Codes der Türken und der Achsenmächte beteiligt. In den 1920er Jahren war er an (de)
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