List of Byzantinists

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This article contains a list of 141 Byzantinists. Byzantinists are scholars of Byzantine studies. The first person on the list was born in 1516 and was named Hieronymus Wolf. Wolf is considered to be the founder of Byzantine studies.

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Here is a chart which summarizes part of the data from the list below;

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The current list is as follows;

1516-1580 – Hieronymus Wolf (German)

1610-1688 – Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (French)

1785-1871 – August Immanuel Bekker (German)

1799-1867 – Ludwig Schopen (German)

1804-1885 – Porphyrius Uspensky (Russian)

1809-1875 – Wladimir Brunet de Presle (French)

1815-1891 – Constantine Paparrigopoulos (Greek)

1832-1873 – Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann Hopf (German)

1838-1899 – Vasily Grigorievich Vasilievsky (Russian)

1840-1915 – Alexander van Millingen (American)

1841-1905 – Antonios Miliarakis (Greek)

1842-1914 – Constantine Sathas (Greek)

1844-1925 – Nikodim Kondakov (Russian)

1844-1929 – Gustave Schlumberger (French)

1845-1928 – Fyodor Ivanovich Uspensky (Russian)

1849-1918 – Charles Marie Adolphe Louis Bayet (French)

1854-1918 – Konstantin Jireček (Austrian/Czech)

1856-1909 – Karl Krumbacher (German)

1859-1902 – Contardo Ferrini (Italian)

1859-1922 – Božidar Prokić (Serbian)

1859-1944 – Charles Diehl (French)

1861-1927 – John Bagnell Bury (Irish)

1862-1940 – Albert Joseph Maria Ehrhard (German)

1864-1945 – William Miller (British)

1866-1957 – Giovanni Mercati (Italian)

1867-1953 – Alexander Alexandrovich Vasiliev (Russian)

1867-1953 – Gabriel Millet (French)

1868-1951 – Louis Bréhier (French)

1871-1932 – Nicolae Iorga (Romanian)

1871-1942 – Nicholas Adontz (Armenian)

1871-1950 – Thomas Whittemore (American)

1874-1923 – Adrian Fortescue (British)

1874-1937 – Stanoje Stanojević (Serbian)

1874-1960 – Konstantinos Amantos (Greek)

1875-1921 – Ferdinand Chalandon (French)

1877-1948 – Guillaume de Jerphanion (French)

1877-1961 – Norman Hepburn Baynes (British)

1878-1953 – Ernest Mamboury (Swiss)

1878-1961 – Lodewijk Hermen Grondijs (Dutch)

1881-1963 – Niculae M. Popescu (Romanian)

1881-1964 – Henri Grégoire (Belgian)

1882-1972 – Raymond Janin (French)

1885-1971 – Vasile Grecu (Romanian)

1886-1950 – Robert Pierpont Blake (American)

1887-1979 – Anastasios Orlandos (Greek)

1888-1946 – Germaine Rouillard (French)

1888-1981 – Rodolphe Joseph Guilland (French)

1890-1967 – Venance Grumel (French)

1891-1945 – Ernst Edward Aurel Stein (Austrian/Jewish)

1891-1961 – Yanis Kordatos (Greek)

1891-1968 – Franz Dölger (German)

1891-1973 – Oskar Halecki (Polish)

1893-1975 – Francis Dvornik (Czech)

1895-1981 – Simon Kaukhchishvili (Georgian)

1896-1989 – Sirarpie Der Nersessian (Armenian/French)

1897-1994 – Richard Krautheimer (German)

1898-1953 – Gheorghe I. Bratianu (Romanian)

1899-1942 – Grigol Peradze (Georgian)

1900-1941 – Kazimierz Zakrzewski (Polish)

1900-1976 – Raymond-Joseph Loenertz (Luxembourgian)

1902-1976 – George Ostrogorsky (Russian/Serbian)

1903-1972 – David Talbot Rice (British)

1903-1989 – Paul Lemerle (French)

1903-1995 – Alison Frantz (American)

1903-2000 – Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman (British)

1905-1981 – Andreas Stratos (Greek)

1905-1991 – Carlotta Minna “Lotte” Labowsky (Jewish German)

1905-1993 – Dionysios Zakythinos (Greek)

1907-1969 – Romilly Jenkins (British)

1908-1985 – Peter Charanis (American/Greek)

1910-2006 – Arthur Hubert Stanley ‘Peter’ Megaw (British/Irish)

1912-2003 – Ernst Kitzinger (German/American)

1913-1997 – Cyril Leo Heraclius, Prince Toumanoff (Russian/American)

1913-2005 – Wayne S. Vucinich (Serbian/American)

1914-1997 – Robert Browning (Scottish/British)

1914-2000 – Herbert Hunger (Austrian)

1916-2011 – Jean-Michel Thierry (French)

1918-2001 – Dimitri Obolensky (Russian)

1921-1988 – Pyotr Karyshkovsky (Ukrainian)

1922-1995 – Philip Sherrard (British)

1922-1997 – Alexander Petrovich Kazhdan (Russian/American)

1922-2009 – Ihor Ševčenko (Polish/Ukrainian)

1922-2018 – Semavi Eyice (Turkish)

1923-1991 – Wolfgang Müller-Wiener (German)

1923-2003 – Donald Nicol (British)

1923-present – Nina Garsoïan (American)

1924-2009 – Jacques Bompaire (French)

1926-1992 – John Meyendorff (French/American)

1926-2016 – Irfan Arif Shahîd (Palestinian)

1926-present – Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler (Greek)

1927-2011 – Hrach Bartikyan (Armenian)

1928-2019 – Speros Vryonis (American)

1928-present – Cyril Mango (British)

1929-1998 – Božidar Ferjančić (Serbian)

1929-2003 – Yakov Lyubarsky (Russian)

1929-2018 – John Julius Norwich (British)

1932-2008 – Évelyne Patlagean (French)

1934-1991 – Doula Mouriki (Greek)

1934-2000 – Nikolaos Oikonomides (Greek)

1934-2018 – Alain Ducellier (French)

1937-2016 – Anthony Applemore Mornington Bryer (British)

1938-2017 – Alan Douglas Edward Cameron (British)

1938-present – Ljubomir Maksimović (Serbian)

1938-present – Guglielmo Cavallo (Italian)

1938-present – Vera von Falkenhausen (German)

1940-present – Cécile Morrisson (French)

1940-present – Dame Averil Millicent Cameron (British)

1940-present – Michael Angold (British)

1941-2008 – Angeliki Laiou (Greek/American)

1941-present – Elizabeth Jeffreys (British)

1942-present – James Douglas Howard-Johnston (British)

1942-present – Judith Herrin (British)

1945-present – Jean Gascou (French)

1946-present – Margaret Mullett (British)

1946-present – Michel Kaplan (French)

1947-1997 – Ivan Durić (Serbian)

1947-present – James R. Payton Jr. (American)

1947-present – Ralph-Johannes Lilie (German)

1948-present – Paul Magdalino (British)

1948-present – Sergey Pavlovich Karpov (Russian)

1949-present – Harry Turtledove (American)

1949-present – Warren Treadgold (American)

1951-present – Athanasios Angelou (Greek)

1951-present – Timothy E. Gregory (American)

1954-present – Radivoj Radić (Serbian)

1956-2016 – Vladimir Pribylovsky (Russian)

1956-present – Małgorzata Dabrowska (Polish)

1957-2017 – Mark Whittow (British)

1957-present – Paolo Cesaretti (Italian)

1958-present – Ivo Goldstein (Croatian)

1959-present – Aleksey Lidov (Russian)

1965-present – Florin Curta (American/Romanian)

1965-present – Jean-Luc Fournet (French)

1966-2013 – Tibor Živković (Serbian)

1966-present – Srdan Pirivatrić (Serbian)

1975-present – Stavroula Constantinou (Cyprian)

alive – James Allan Stewart Evans (Canadian)

alive – Steven B. Bowman (American)

alive – Walter Kaegi (American)

alive – Leslie Brubaker (British)

alive – Liz James (British)

alive – Alexey Kryukov (Russian)

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American

1840-1915 – Alexander van Millingen (American)

1871-1950 – Thomas Whittemore (American)

1886-1950 – Robert Pierpont Blake (American)

1903-1995 – Alison Frantz (American)

1908-1985 – Peter Charanis (American/Greek)

1923-present – Nina Garsoïan (American)

1928-2019 – Speros Vryonis (American)

1947-present – James R. Payton Jr. (American)

1949-present – Harry Turtledove (American)

1949-present – Warren Treadgold (American)

1951-present – Timothy E. Gregory (American)

1965-present – Florin Curta (American/Romanian)

alive – Steven B. Bowman (American)

alive – Walter Kaegi (American)

Armenian

1871-1942 – Nicholas Adontz (Armenian)

1896-1989 – Sirarpie Der Nersessian (Armenian/French)

1927-2011 – Hrach Bartikyan (Armenian)

Austrian

1854-1918 – Konstantin Jireček (Austrian/Czech)

1891-1945 – Ernst Edward Aurel Stein (Jewish Austrian)

1914-2000 – Herbert Hunger (Austrian)

Belgian

1881-1964 – Henri Grégoire (Belgian)

British

1864-1945 – William Miller (British)

1874-1923 – Adrian Fortescue (British)

1877-1961 – Norman Hepburn Baynes (British)

1903-1972 – David Talbot Rice (British)

1903-2000 – Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman (British)

1907-1969 – Romilly Jenkins (British)

1910-2006 – Arthur Hubert Stanley ‘Peter’ Megaw (British/Irish)

1922-1995 – Philip Sherrard (British)

1923-2003 – Donald Nicol (British)

1928-present – Cyril Mango (British)

1929-2018 – John Julius Norwich (British)

1937-2016 – Anthony Applemore Mornington Bryer (British)

1938-2017 – Alan Douglas Edward Cameron (British)

1940-present – Dame Averil Millicent Cameron (British)

1940-present – Michael Angold (British)

1941-present – Elizabeth Jeffreys (British)

1942-present – James Douglas Howard-Johnston (British)

1942-present – Judith Herrin (British)

1946-present – Margaret Mullett (British)

1948-present – Paul Magdalino (British)

1957-2017 – Mark Whittow (British)

alive – Leslie Brubaker (British)

alive – Liz James (British)

Canadian

alive – James Allan Stewart Evans (Canadian)

Croatian

1958-present – Ivo Goldstein (Croatian)

Cyprian

1975-present – Stavroula Constantinou (Cyprian)

Czech

1893-1975 – Francis Dvornik (Czech)

Dutch

1878-1961 – Lodewijk Hermen Grondijs (Dutch)

French

1610-1688 – Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (French)

1809-1875 – Wladimir Brunet de Presle (French)

1844-1929 – Gustave Schlumberger (French)

1849-1918 – Charles Marie Adolphe Louis Bayet (French)

1859-1944 – Charles Diehl (French)

1867-1953 – Gabriel Millet (French)

1868-1951 – Louis Bréhier (French)

1875-1921 – Ferdinand Chalandon (French)

1877-1948 – Guillaume de Jerphanion (French)

1882-1972 – Raymond Janin (French)

1888-1946 – Germaine Rouillard (French)

1888-1981 – Rodolphe Joseph Guilland (French)

1890-1967 – Venance Grumel (French)

1903-1989 – Paul Lemerle (French)

1916-2011 – Jean-Michel Thierry (French)

1924-2009 – Jacques Bompaire (French)

1926-1992 – John Meyendorff (French/American)

1932-2008 – Évelyne Patlagean (French)

1934-2018 – Alain Ducellier (French)

1940-present – Cécile Morrisson (French)

1945-present – Jean Gascou (French)

1946-present – Michel Kaplan (French)

1965-present – Jean-Luc Fournet (French)

Georgian

1895-1981 – Simon Kaukhchishvili (Georgian)

1899-1942 – Grigol Peradze (Georgian)

German

1785-1871 – August Immanuel Bekker (German)

1799-1867 – Ludwig Schopen (German)

1832-1873 – Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann Hopf (German)

1856-1909 – Karl Krumbacher (German)

1862-1940 – Albert Joseph Maria Ehrhard (German)

1891-1968 – Franz Dölger (German)

1897-1994 – Richard Krautheimer (German)

1905-1991 – Carlotta Minna “Lotte” Labowsky (Jewish German)

1912-2003 – Ernst Kitzinger (German/American)

1923-1991 – Wolfgang Müller-Wiener (German)

1938-present – Vera von Falkenhausen (German)

1947-present – Ralph-Johannes Lilie (German)

Greek

1815-1891 – Constantine Paparrigopoulos (Greek)

1841-1905 – Antonios Miliarakis (Greek)

1842-1914 – Constantine Sathas (Greek)

1874-1960 – Konstantinos Amantos (Greek)

1887-1979 – Anastasios Orlandos (Greek)

1891-1961 – Yanis Kordatos (Greek)

1905-1981 – Andreas Stratos (Greek)

1905-1993 – Dionysios Zakythinos (Greek)

1926-present – Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler (Greek)

1934-1991 – Doula Mouriki (Greek)

1934-2000 – Nikolaos Oikonomides (Greek)

1941-2008 – Angeliki Laiou (Greek/American)

1951-present – Athanasios Angelou (Greek)

Irish

1861-1927 – John Bagnell Bury (Irish)

Italian

1859-1902 – Contardo Ferrini (Italian)

1866-1957 – Giovanni Mercati (Italian)

1938-present – Guglielmo Cavallo (Italian)

1957-present – Paolo Cesaretti (Italian)

Luxembourgian

1900-1976 – Raymond-Joseph Loenertz (Luxembourgian)

Palestinian

1926-2016 – Irfan Arif Shahîd (Palestinian)

Polish

1891-1973 – Oskar Halecki (Polish)

1900-1941 – Kazimierz Zakrzewski (Polish)

1922-2009 – Ihor Ševčenko (Polish/Ukrainian)

1956-present – Małgorzata Dabrowska (Polish)

Romanian

1871-1932 – Nicolae Iorga (Romanian)

1881-1963 – Niculae M. Popescu (Romanian)

1885-1971 – Vasile Grecu (Romanian)

1898-1953 – Gheorghe I. Bratianu (Romanian)

Russian

1804-1885 – Porphyrius Uspensky (Russian)

1838-1899 – Vasily Grigorievich Vasilievsky (Russian)

1844-1925 – Nikodim Kondakov (Russian)

1845-1928 – Fyodor Ivanovich Uspensky (Russian)

1867-1953 – Alexander Alexandrovich Vasiliev (Russian)

1902-1976 – George Ostrogorsky (Russian/Serbian)

1913-1997 – Cyril Leo Heraclius, Prince Toumanoff (Russian/American)

1918-2001 – Dimitri Obolensky (Russian)

1922-1997 – Alexander Petrovich Kazhdan (Russian/American)

1929-2003 – Yakov Lyubarsky (Russian)

1948-present – Sergey Pavlovich Karpov (Russian)

1956-2016 – Vladimir Pribylovsky (Russian)

1959-present – Aleksey Lidov (Russian)

alive – Alexey Kryukov (Russian)

Scottish

1914-1997 – Robert Browning (Scottish/British)

Serbian

1859-1922 – Božidar Prokić (Serbian)

1874-1937 – Stanoje Stanojević (Serbian)

1913-2005 – Wayne S. Vucinich (Serbian/American)

1929-1998 – Božidar Ferjančić (Serbian)

1938-present – Ljubomir Maksimović (Serbian)

1947-1997 – Ivan Durić (Serbian)

1954-present – Radivoj Radić (Serbian)

1966-2013 – Tibor Živković (Serbian)

1966-present – Srdan Pirivatrić (Serbian)

Swiss

1878-1953 – Ernest Mamboury (Swiss)

Turkish

1922-2018 – Semavi Eyice (Turkish)

Ukrainian

1921-1988 – Pyotr Karyshkovsky (Ukrainian)

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References;

(1) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Byzantinists

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