Background
Battersby, Harold Ronald was born on November 16, 1922 in Guildford, Surrey, England. Son of Eric and Lillian (Darnell) Battersby. came to the United States, 1960, naturalized, 1972.
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Harold Ronald Battersby
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Education
Bachelor in Modern Near Eastern Studies, University Toronto, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy in Altaic Studies-Anthropology Linguistics, Indiana University, 1969.
Career
Correspondent, Surrey Times, London-Guildford, 1947-1955;
advisory director, Turkish Post, Istanbul, 1949-1953;
instructor English, Istanbul Medical Faculty, 1948-1949;
instructor English, Amerikan Lisan ve San'at Dersanesi, Istanbul, 1948-1954;
instructor English, Pangalti Ermeni Orta Okulu, Istanbul, 1949-1956;
coordinator athletic events, United Service Organizations, Istanbul, 1948-1954;
assistant, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1957-1959;
assistant manager, City of Toronto, 1957-1959;
research assistant in medical anthropology, U. Pittsburgh, 1960-1962;
assistant, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1962-1969;
associate professor anthropology, State University of New York-Geneseo, since 1970;
director linguistics program, State University of New York-Geneseo, since 1978. Author: Anatolian Archaeology: A Comprehensive Bibliograph, 2 volumes, 1976. Section editor: Altaic and Uralic Studies, Ultimate Reality and Meaning, since 1982.
Contributor articles to professional journals, translations, proofreading and editing of Biblical, religious beliefs, ethnographic and linguistic texts into Altaic languages and from Altaic languages into English.
Achievements
Membership
Served with Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 1939-1946. Fellow Royal Anthropological Institute Great British and Ireland, American Anthropological Association, Royal Asiatic society. Member American Oriental Society, Royal Control Asian Society, Royal Society Asian Affairs, Hakluyt Society, International Society Oriental Research, Middle East Institute, Chicago Anthropological Society, Institute Encyclopedia of Human Ideason Ultimate Reality and Meaning, British Institute Archaeology at Ankara, American Oriental Society, American Society Study People of Eastern Europe and Northern and Control Asia, Linguistic Society American, Niagara Linguistic Society, New York State Council Linguistics, Society Armenian Studies, Zoryan Institute, Indiana U. Alumni Association, The Smithsonian Associations, The Wilson Center Associations, Lambda Alpha.
Interests
Connections
Married Betty Yertchenig O'Hannesian, April 22, 1944.
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Nationality
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Religion
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Political Party
Republican
Education
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1960
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1969
Career
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1947 - 1955
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1948 - 1949
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1948 - 1954
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1948 - 1954
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1949 - 1953
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1949 - 1956
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1957 - 1959
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1957 - 1959
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1960 - 1962
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1962 - 1969
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1998
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