Peter John Mayo
| Peter John Mayo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 February 1944 London, UK |
| April 2004April 2004 | |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
| 💼 Occupation | English Slavist |
| 👔 Employer | University of Sheffield, University of Exeter |
| Notable work | Pocket English-Belarusian-Russian Dictionary |
Peter John Mayo (16 February 1944, London - 1 January 2004) was an English Slavist and promoter of Belarusian studies in Great Britain.
Career
Mayo was born in London. He graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1966.
From 1969 to 1997 he worked as a lecturer at the University of Sheffield, and since 1998 at the University of Exeter. He was a member of the British University Association of Slavists (in 1978-80 its secretary).[1]
In 1982 Mayo earned a PhD in philology.[1]
Belarusian studies
Mayo studied the lexicography, morphology and syntax of the Belarusian and Russian languages. He authored "Grammar of the Byelorussian", section "Belarusian language" in the collective monograph "Slavic languages", numerous articles on Belarusian and Slavic studies. He also wrote reviews of Belarusian linguistic research, textbooks and dictionaries.[1][2][3]
In 1979-88 Mayo was the editor of The Journal of Byelorussian Studies, and from 1989 of the Slavic Section of “Modern Languages Studies”. He prepared an English-Belarusian dictionary, a version of which was published in Minsk in 1995 as "Pocket English-Belarusian-Russian Dictionary".[1][3]
Mayo was a longtime member of the Anglo-Belarusian Society and a trustee of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum in London.[4]
Death
Mayo died in April 2004. The University of Sheffield prize for Russian was renamed in his honour.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Гардзіенка, Наталля (2010). Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі [Belarusians in Great Britain, by Natalla Hardzijenka]. Minsk: Згуртаванне беларусаў свету Бацькаўшчына. p. 477. ISBN 978-985-6887-63-8. Search this book on
- ↑ "Peter J. Mayo | The Journal of Belarusian Studies". belarusjournal.com. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Zadencka, Maria; Plakans, Andrejs; Lawaty, Andreas, eds. (2015). East and Central European History Writing in Exile 1939-1989. On the Boundary of Two Worlds. 39. p. 126. ISBN 978-90-04-29969-6. Search this book on
- ↑ "Arnold McMillin: "When Belarusians came, they started with the library"". Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum. 2016-06-16. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-05-29. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Peter Mayo Prize in Russian" (PDF). p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2021-07-12. Unknown parameter
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