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Born to a family of immigrants from Sweden , "Freij" has four children, his second marriage being to an Assyrian scholar, Dr. Eden Naby, from Urmia who teaches at Columbia University . He speaks fluent Russian , German , Arabic , Persian , French , Pashto , Uzbek , Turkish , and has extensive knowledge of Avestan , Pahlavi , Sogdian , and other Central Asian languages and dialects, both extinct and current. CAREER He served with the Office Of Strategic Services during WWII . Frye graduated from Harvard University in 1946. He taught at Harvard from 1948 to 1990. He has also served as faculty, guest lecturer, or visiting scholar at:
Professor Frye founded the Center For Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard, the first Iranian studies program in America. He also served as Director of the ''Asia Institute'' in Shiraz (1970-1975), was on the Board of Trustees of the Pahlavi University at Shiraz (1974-78), and Chairman, ''Committee on Inner Asian Studies'', at Harvard (1983-89), and as Editor of the ''Bulletin of the Asia Institute'' (1970-1975 and 1987-99). |
Image:Frye GhirshmanjpgA Young Frye And
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Roman_Ghirshman" class="copylinks">Roman Ghirshman , Susa , 1966 |
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Image:Frye AfsharjpgFrye And Prominent Iranian Scholar
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Iraj_Afshar" class="copylinks">Iraj Afshar in 2004 in Tehran |
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