Taddesse Tamrat

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Taddesse Tamrat
PhD
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Occupations
Years active1962–2013
Known forContribution of Ethiopian studies
Notable workChurch and State in Ethiopia 1270–1520 (1972)

Taddesse Tamrat (

ISBN 0198216718), a book which has dominated the field of Ethiopian studies.[4]

Biography

Taddesse Tamrat was born in Addis Ababa from a family belonged to

Edward Ullendorf was submitted to and published in Rassegna di Studi Etiopici
, his first article published outside of Ethiopia. It demonstrated his rich grounding in traditional Ethiopian Orthodox sources and his interaction with the broader academic world.

He taught history at Haile Selassie I University, which became Addis Ababa University after the 1974 revolution. He became the director of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at the university and was active in the organizing the meetings of the International Conference of Ethiopian Studies.[6]

He received the Medal of Honor at the Colège de France and was named an Honorary Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies. The Manuscript Department of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies was named in his honor. He and his wife of 45 years, Almaz, had a marriage that was admired by others.[6]

During the later years, Taddesse was treating his illness in hospital at Chicago. His wife of 45 years died in July 2012. He died on 23 May 2013, and survived by his three daughters.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Taddesse Tamrat". Researchgate. 2021-07-23.
  2. ^ Aethiopica 16. Hamburg, Germany: Getatchew Haile. 2013. p. 2.
  3. ^ Shiferaw Bekele. 2014. Taddesse Tamrat (1935-2013) Northeast African Studies 14.1: 145-150.
  4. ^ p. 214. Getachew Haile. 2013. In Memoriam: Taddesse Tamrat. Aethiopica 16: 212-219. Web access
  5. ^ p. 213. Getachew Haile. 2013. "In Memoriam: Taddesse Tamrat". Aethiopica 16: 212-219.
  6. ^ a b Bahru Zeude. 2012. "Taddese Tamrat. Personal memories", Rassegna di Studi Etiopici Nuova Serie, Vol. 4 (47) pp. 285-287.
  7. ^ arefe (2013-05-24). "Prof. Taddesse Tamrat, historian and educator, dies at 78". Addis Journal. Retrieved 2021-07-23.