Petar Atanasov (linguist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Petar Atanasov (linguist)

Macedonian linguist

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1939

Place of Birth: Gevgelija Municipality, Southeastern Statistical Region, North Macedonia

Profession: linguist

Nationality: North Macedonia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Petar Atanasov is a Macedonian linguist of Megleno-Romanian origin.
His scientific interests include lexicography, Romanian linguistics (Aromanian and Megleno-Romanian dialects) and Romance linguistics.
He was a professor in the Faculty of Philology at the Ss.
Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje.In 1995, the Office of the French Prime Minister issued the distinction Knight of the Order of Academic Palms to Atanasov for "his services to French culture".
In 2011, Atanasov was awarded the medal Merit for the Education by the Office of President of Romania.