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The first Ukrainian studies scholar in the Anglophone world
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Zorivchak R.P.

The article covers the activities of Professor William Richard Morfill (1834–1909) from the University of Oxford. A general outline of Morfill is presented. The emphasis is laid upon the interest Morfill displayed towards Ukrainian history and literature, the Ukrainian writers and, in particular, Taras Shevhenko. The academic cooperation between Morfill and Slavonic world is discussed too. On the basis of Morfill’s writings the conclusion has been made that the researcher was the first British Ukrainian Studies scholar. Taking into consideration rather scanty information about the Slavs in the United Kingdom in the Morfill epoch the researcher has greatly contributed to disseminating information on Ukrainian culture and Ukrainians as a separate nation in the Anglophone world.

Keywords: William Richard Morfill, Ukrainian, analysis

UDC: 811.161.2-051
Ukr. J. Phys. Opt. 12, Suppl.2, S11-S17
doi: 10.3116/16091833/12/4/S11/2011
Received: 05.02.2011
In final version: 04.10.2011
 

Анотація. Розвідку присвячено діяльності Оксфордського професора Вільяма Річарда Морфілла (1834–1909). Подано загальну характеристику його наукової діяльності з наголосом на українознавчих інтересах В. Р. Морфілла, його зацікавленнях українською історією, літературою, зокрема творчістю Т. Шевченка. Певну увагу звернено на наукову співпрацю між В. Р. Морфіллом і слов’янським світом. Праці науковця, присвячені Україні, дають змогу зробити висновок, що він був першим україністом в англомовному світі. Враховуючи мізерні знання про слов’янcький світ у добу В. Р. Морфілла в англомовному світі, можемо стверджувати його вагомий внесок до поширення знань про українську культуру та про українців як окрему націю для англомовного читача.
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