Temira Pachmuss
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DiedMay 1, 2007 (aged 79)
OccupationPhilologist
Temira Pachmuss | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 24, 1927 |
| Died | May 1, 2007 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Philologist |
Temira Pachmuss (24 December 1927 – 1 May 2007) was a Russian-American philologist.[1]
Pachmuss was born in Vasknarva, Ida-Viru County, Estonia. In 1939, her family moved to Germany. In the 1950s, she moved to Australia, where she received a bachelor's degree in Russian from the University of Melbourne in 1954[2] and a master's degree in Russian in 1955.[3] In 1955, she moved to the United States. In 1959, she defended her doctoral dissertation at the University of Washington in Seattle.[1]
