DAVID LORDKIPANIDZE

'David O. Lordkipanidze' (Georgian: დავით ლორთქიფანიძე) (born 5 August 1963, in Tbilisi) is a notable Georgian anthropologist and archaeologist, Doctor of Sciences (2001), Director General of the Georgian National Museum (GNM) (since 2004), Professor of the Tbilisi State University (TSU), Foreign Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences (2007), a Fellow of the International Academy for the Promotion of Scientific Research (USA, 2007).
Lordkipanidze graduated from the Faculty of Geography of the Tbilisi State University (1985) and received a Ph.D. degree in 1992. In 1999-2000 he was a Visiting Professor of the National Historical Museum of Paris. He is author of about 100 scientific publications (among them monographs) in the fields of anthropology, paleoecology, hominid evolution and archaeology, organizer of many important scientific and cultural events.
Since 2001 Lordkipanidze is a member of the Permanent Council of U.I.S.S.P., since 2002 - member of the European Cultural Parliament. He received many awards: Georgia's Order of Honour (2000), Award of the Prince of Monaco (2001), French Order of "Palmes Academiques" (2002), French Order of Honour (2006).

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★ List of Georgians

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★ Georgian National Museum (GNM)

★ David Lordkipanidze: Biographical sketch.