And his daughter, Margaret Zaleski-Zamenhof, is still active in the Esperanto movement
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L. L. Zamenhof
L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917) was the creator of Esperanto, the most widely used constructed international auxiliary language.
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science · Creator of Esperanto (1859–1917) · linguist · ophthalmologist · inventor · poet · translator · Esperantist · physician · physician writer · Bible translator · esperantologist · also L. L. Zamenhof, L. M. Zamenhof, Leyzer Zamenhov, Lazar Markovich Zamenhof, Doktoro Esperanto, Lazaro Ludoviko Zamenhof
Born 15 December 1859 · Died 14 April 1917 · Q11758
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2019· 2 entries
Zamenhof's grandson through Adam, Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof, lived in France from the 1960s until his death in 2019, and his daughter, Margaret Zaleski-Zamenhof, is still active in the Esperanto movement.
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2015· 1 entry
It decided to support the celebration of the 100th anniversary of his death
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2009· 2 entries
The New Republic: L.L. Zamenhof and the Shadow People
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Search Engine Land: The L. L. Zamenhof Google Logo
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2008· 1 entry
Published “Boron analysis and boron imaging in biological materials for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT)” in Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology — cited 139 times.
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2002· 2 entries
Published “Reference dosimetry calculations for neutron capture therapy with comparison of analytical and voxel models” in Medical Physics — cited 133 times.
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Published “Reference dosimetry calculations for neutron capture therapy with comparison of analytical and voxel models” in Medical Physics — cited 135 times.
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1982· 1 entry
With parallel Esperanto translation by Adolf Holzhaus, in L
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1975· 2 entries
Published “Molecular basis of beta-galactosidase alpha-complementation.” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — cited 134 times.
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Published “Molecular basis of beta-galactosidase alpha-complementation.” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — cited 133 times.
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1968· 1 entry
Published “DNA (Cell Number) and Protein in Neonatal Brain: Alteration by Maternal Dietary Protein Restriction” in Science — cited 173 times.
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1967· 1 entry
Published “Study of Microbial Evolution through Loss of Biosynthetic Functions: Establishment of “Defective” Mutants” in Nature — cited 122 times.
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1964· 1 entry
Published “THE DETERMINATION OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID AND OF CELL NUMBER IN BRAIN*” in Journal of Neurochemistry — cited 112 times.
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1962· 1 entry
Published “Studies on depurination of DNA by heat” in Journal of Molecular Biology — cited 137 times.
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1960· 1 entry
Esperanto summer schools were established in Stoke-on-Trent in the United Kingdom by the Esperanto Association of Britain (EAB), which began to provide lessons and promote the language locally
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1959· 1 entry
UNESCO honoured Zamenhof on the occasion of his centenary
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1957· 2 entries
Published “[103] Preparation and assay of deoxyribonucleic acid from animal tissue” in Methods in Enzymology — cited 318 times.
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Published “STUDIES ON THE CHEMICALLY REACTIVE GROUPS OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACIDS” in Journal of Biological Chemistry — cited 98 times.
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1954· 1 entry
Published “Incorporation of Halogenated Pyrimidines into the Deoxyribonucleic Acids of Bacterium Coli and its Bacteriophages” in Nature — cited 108 times.
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1953· 1 entry
Published “STUDIES ON THE CHEMISTRY OF THE TRANSFORMING ACTIVITY” in Journal of Experimental Medicine — cited 120 times.
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1948· 1 entry
Published “THE ISOLATION OF HIGHLY POLYMERIZED DESOXYPENTOSENUCLEIC ACID FROM YEAST CELLS” in Journal of Biological Chemistry — cited 128 times.
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1920· 1 entry
“Vivo de Zamenhof (The life of Zamenhof), biography by Edmond Privat published in 1920”
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1917· 7 entries
Died 1917-04-14.
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“Ni konsciu bone la tutan gravecon de la hodiaŭa tago, ĉar hodiaŭ inter la gastamaj muroj de Bulonjo-sur-Maro kunvenis ne francoj kun angloj, ne rusoj kun poloj, sed homoj kun homoj.”
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“Rompu, rompu la murojn inter la popoloj!”
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“Lingvo internacia de la venontaj generacioj estos sole kaj nepre nur lingvo arta.”
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“We should be well aware of the full importance of this day, because today, within the welcoming walls of Boulogne-sur-Mer, there meet not Frenchmen with Englishmen, not Russians with Poles, but people with people.”
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“International language of the forthcoming generations will be solely and by necessity only a language of art.”
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“Break, break the walls between the peoples.”
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1914· 2 entries
Declined an invitation to join a new organization of Jewish Esperantists, the TEHA
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“1914 letter to TEHA, an organization of Jewish Esperantists.”
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1910· 1 entry
Zamenhof was first nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, by four British Members of Parliament (including James O'Grady and Philip Snowden) and Professor Stanley Lane Poole
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1909· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1909).
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1907· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary President of the World Esperanto Association (1907).
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1906· 1 entry
“Address to the Second World Congress of Esperanto, Geneve, Switzerland. 27 August 1906.”
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1905· 3 entries
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1905).
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Zamenhof received the Légion d'honneur for creating Esperanto
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“Address to the First World Congress of Esperanto, Bologne-sur-Mer, France. 5 August 1905.”
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1903· 1 entry
“Fundamenta Krestomatio, by Zamenhof, first published in 1903”
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1887· 2 entries
Although his initial ideas date back as far as 1873
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And in 1901 published a statement in Russian with the title Hillelism, in which he argued that the Zionist project would fail due to Jews not having a common language
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1882· 1 entry
Including Congress Poland, motivated Zamenhof to take part in the Hibbat Zion, and to found a Zionist student society in Warsaw
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1879· 1 entry
Zamenhof wrote the first grammar of Yiddish
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1859· 1 entry
Born 1859-12-15.
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