Fyodor Mirchink
| Fyodor Mirchink | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Franz Mirtschink; Фёдор Михайлович Мирчинк |
| Born | 1852 village near Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony |
| 💀Died | 8 January 1919 Golitsyno, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR8 January 1919 |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Sorbian scholar, developer of Russian shorthand system (1904–1908) |
| 👶 Children | Georgy Mirchink (geologist), Mikhail Mirchink (geologist) |
Fyodor Mikhailovich Mirchink (Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Мирчинк; 1852 – 8 January 1919) was a Russian educator, linguist, and orientalist of Sorbian origin. He is known for his work on ancient Oriental languages and for creating a new system of Russian shorthand (1904–1908). He was the father of geologists Georgy and Mikhail Mirchink.
Biography
Born near Dresden into a Sorbian peasant family, Mirchink studied in Prague at the Sorbian boarding school and later at Charles University, where he mastered 15 languages. In 1876, he was invited to Moscow as a teacher for the Samarin and Mamontov families. From 1889, he worked at the Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, specialising in ancient Oriental languages (Armenian, Sanskrit, etc.). He also taught European languages, chemistry, and shorthand at the Moscow Practical Academy of Commercial Sciences from 1895.
In 1904–1908, he published several books on his simplified shorthand system, which gained popularity. He retired in 1913, was expelled from Moscow in 1918, and died in Golitsyno in 1919.
Family
He married Olga Alexandrovna, daughter of A. A. Yefimov. Their sons Georgi (1889–1942) and Mikhail (1901–1976) became prominent geologists.
Awards and honours
- Order of St. Anna, 3rd class (1898)
- Order of St. Anna, 2nd class (1901)
- Rank of Actual State Councillor (1911)
Publications
Selected works on shorthand:
- Simplified Shorthand (1904): Упрощенная стенография : Для учебных заведений и самообучения, сост. Ф. Мирчинк. — Москва : тип. и словолитня О. О. Гербека, 1904. — [4], IV, 52, 42 с.
- Self-Taught Simplified Shorthand (1907): Речи судебные и в Государственной думе / Ф. Мирчинк. — Москва : типо-лит. А. В. Киселева, 1907. — 82, 40 с. (Библиотека упрощенной стенографии; № 2).
- Самоучитель упрощенной стенографии : Ч. 1-2 / Ф. Мирчинк. — Москва : типо-лит. А. З. Киселева, 1907—1909. — 2 т.
- Сопоставление упрощенной стенографии с другими системами : Рус., нем. и фр. тексты / Ф. Мирчинк. — Москва : тип. А. З. Киселева, 1908. — 23 с.
References
Further reading
- Yurkovsky, A. M. "Mirtschink's System (1904)", In: Shorthand Through the Centuries], Moscow, 1969, pp. 121–123. (Юрковский А. М. Система Мирчинка (1904) // Стенография сквозь века. Москва: Книга, 1969. С. 121―123.)
- Мирчинк Федор Михайлович // Список лиц, имеющих право участвовать в избрании выборщиков в Московское Городское Избирательное Собрание. Москва, 1906. С. 780.
- Мирчинкъ Ө. Самоучитель упрощенной стенографіи. Москва, 1907.
- Основные этапы биографии // Академик Г. Ф. Мирчинк: знаток истории Земли. Минск: Беларуская навука, 1999. С. 8-9.
External links
- Мирчинк Георгий Фёдорович at the Yakub Kolas Central Library
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