Peter John Mayo
Peter John Mayo | |
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| Born | 16 February 1944 |
| Died | April 2004 |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
| Occupation | English Slavist |
| Employer(s) | University of Sheffield, University of Exeter |
| Notable work | Pocket English-Belarusian-Russian Dictionary |
Peter John Mayo (16 February 1944, London - 1 January 2004) was an English slavist and promoter of Belarusian studies in Great Britain.
Career
[edit]Mayo was born in London. He graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1966.[1]
From 1969 to 1997 he worked as a lecturer at the University of Sheffield, and since 1998 at the University of Exeter. He was a member of the British University Association of Slavists (in 1978-80 its secretary).[1]
In 1982 Mayo earned a PhD in philology.[1]
Belarusian studies
[edit]Mayo studied the lexicography, morphology and syntax of the Belarusian and Russian languages. He authored "Grammar of the Byelorussian" reviewed in the Journal of Belarusian Studies by Shirin Akiner[2] as well as section "Belarusian language" in the collective monograph "Slavic languages", numerous articles on Belarusian and Slavic studies. He also wrote reviews of Belarusian linguistic research, textbooks and dictionaries.[1][3][4]
In 1979-88 Mayo was the editor of the Journal of Byelorussian Studies,[5] and from 1989 of the Slavic Section of “Modern Languages Studies”.[6] He prepared an English-Belarusian dictionary, a version of which was published in Minsk in 1995 as "Pocket English-Belarusian-Russian Dictionary".[1][4] Mayo was one of the editors of English-Belarusian Dictionary published in 2013.[7]
Mayo was a longtime member of the Anglo-Belarusian Society and a trustee of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum in London.[8]
Death
[edit]Mayo died in April 2004. The University of Sheffield prize for Russian was renamed in his honour.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Гардзіенка, Наталля (2010). Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі [Belarusians in Great Britain, by Natalla Hardzijenka]. Minsk: Згуртаванне беларусаў свету Бацькаўшчына. p. 477. ISBN 978-985-6887-63-8.
- ^ Akiner, S. (1976-12-16). "Mayo, P. J. A Grammar of Byelorussian. Anglo-Byelorussian Society in association with the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, 1976. 66 pages. Bibliography". Journal of Belarusian Studies. 3 (4): 381. doi:10.30965/20526512-00304012. ISSN 0075-4161.
- ^ "Peter J. Mayo | The Journal of Belarusian Studies". belarusjournal.com. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ a b Zadencka, Maria; Plakans, Andrejs; Lawaty, Andreas, eds. (2015). East and Central European History Writing in Exile 1939-1989. On the Boundary of Two Worlds. Vol. 39. p. 126. ISBN 978-90-04-29969-6.
- ^ Mayo, Peter (1982). "Foreword". Journal of Belarusian Studies. 5 (2). Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Т.М. Суша "Мэё, Пітэр Джон" - [Mayo, Piter John, by T.M. Susha]. Беларуская энцыклапедыя ў 18 тамах [Belarusian Encyclopedia, in 18 volumes]. Vol. 11. Minsk: Bielaruskaja encyklapiedyja. 2000. p. 57.
- ^ English-Belarusian Disctionary (PDF). Minsk: Vysheishaya Shkola Publishing House. 2013.
- ^ "Arnold McMillin: "When Belarusians came, they started with the library"". Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum. 2016-06-16. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ "The Peter Mayo Prize in Russian" (PDF). p. 8. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
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