Alexander Beider
Alexander Beider (
Yiddish: אלכסנדר ביידער, pronounced [ɑˈlɛksɑndər ˈbejdər]) is the author of reference books in the field of Jewish onomastics and the linguistic history of Yiddish
.
Biography
Alexander Beider was born in Moscow in 1963. In 1986 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and in 1989 he received a PhD in applied mathematics from the same institution.[1] Since 1990, he lives with his family in Paris, France.
His works deal with
Sorbonne, with thesis about Ashkenazic Jewry names.[2] He is also the co-author with Stephen P. Morse of the Beider–Morse Phonetic Name Matching Algorithm.[3]
Beider "provided historical context on Jewish origins" to a team of genetic researchers studying Jews from 14th-century Erfurt, Germany and became listed as a co-author of their final paper.[4]
Bibliography
- Beider, A. 2019. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Italy, France and "Portuguese" Communities. New Haven, CN: Avotaynu.
- Beider, A. 2017. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Maghreb, Gibraltar, and Malta. New Haven, CN: Avotaynu.
- Beider, A. 2015. Origins of Yiddish Dialects. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Beider, A. 2009. Handbook of Ashkenazic Given Names and Their Variants. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu.
- Beider, A. & Morse, S. P. 2008. Beider–Morse Phonetic Matching: An Alternative to Soundex with Fewer False Hits. Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy 24/2: 12-18.
- Beider, A. 2005. Scientific Approach to Etymology of Surnames. Names: A Journal of Onomastics 53: 79-126.
- Beider, A. 2004. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu.
- Beider, A. 2001. A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names: Their Origins, Structure, Pronunciation, and Migration s. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu.
- Beider, A. 1996. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu.["Best Judaica Reference Book" award for 1996]
- Beider, A. 1995. Jewish Surnames from Prague (15th-18th centuries). Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu.
- Beider, A. 1993, 2008. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu.
References
- ^ "Электронный каталог -Бейдер А. Б. - Статистический анализ ДН ФАР при дискретных законах распределения амплитудных и фазовых ошибок : ...- Absopac". opac.mpei.ru.
- ^ Beider, A. Les prénoms des juifs ashkénazes: histoire et migrations (in French). Thèse soutenue à l’École Pratique des Hautes Études. Section des Sciences Religieuses sous la direction de Gérard Nahon: Paris, 1999.
- ^ Beider–Morse Phonetic Matching: An Alternative to Soundex with Fewer False Hits - copy of Avotaynu: the International Review of Jewish Genealogy (Summer 2008)
- PMID 36455558.
External links
- Bibliography
- Beider–Morse Phonetic Name Matching
- Profile at International Institute for Jewish Genealogy
- The New Yiddish Dialectology: A Review of Alexander Beider’s The Origins of Yiddish Dialects
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