Jim Dingley
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jim Dingley | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 March 1942 Leeds, UK |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Occupations | historian, researcher, translator of Belarusian literature |
| Employer(s) | British Museum, University of Reading, University of London |
Jim Dingley (born 24 March 1942) is a researcher and promoter of Belarusian culture in the UK as well as a translator of Belarusian literature.
Dingley was born in Leeds on 24 March 1942. After studies of Russian and other Slavonic languages at the University of Cambridge, he became a lecturer at the University of Reading and then the University of London.[1]
Researcher and promoter of Belarusian culture
Dingley became involved with Belarusian studies in 1965, after meeting Fr Alexander Nadson. He gave regular lectures at the Anglo-Belarusian Society and contributed a number of articles to The Journal of Belarusian Studies.[2][3][4]
He chaired the Anglo-Belarusian Society for several decades and was one of the original trustees of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library, serving in that capacity for nearly 40 years.[5]
