Simon Charles Boyanus
Семён Карлович Боянус
Born
Semyón Kárlovich Boyánus

(1871-07-08)8 July 1871
Died19 July 1952(1952-07-19) (aged 81)
London, England
NationalityRussian
Other namesС. Броневский
EducationSt. Petersburg University
OccupationPhonetician
Employers
Spouse
(m. 1926⁠–⁠1937)

Semyon Karlovich Boyanus,[a] also known as as Simon Charles Boyanus,Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). (8 July 1871 – 19 July 1952[4]) was a Russian phonetician who worked in England.[5][6][7]

He also worked under the alias S. Bronevsky[b] (С. Броневский).[9]

Family and early life

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Boyanus was born in Moscow on 8 July, 1871.[4] His father was Carl Heinrich Bojanus (1818–1897),[c] and his mother was Olga Semyonovna Khlyustina (1837–1910).[d][12] Simon had two older brothers and two younger sisters; he also had three older half-brothers from his father's first marriage and one older half-sister from his mother's first marriage.[13]

Carl Heinrich Bojanus was the nephew of the physician and naturalist Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus.[14]

Personal life

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Theater

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Under the name "S. Bronevsky (Boyanus)", he wrote О форме в сценическом творчестве[e] ("On form in scenic art"[16]) as a supplement to Art and Printing Magazine [ru], published in Kyiv.[17] It was published around 1910[17] or 1914.[18]

Boyanus taught at the State Institute for Art History [ru] in the Department of Theater History. He became a professor on May 24, 1920. Boyanus became a full member of the Department of the History of Medieval Theatre in 1921, and of the Department of History of the Verbal Arts in 1927. Subjects he taught included English and French mystery plays and stage speech.[19]

Work on English

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In 1918, he passed the English philology master's examination at Petrograd University's Faculty of History and Philology; he subsequently taught there.[19]

Among Boyanus's students at Petrograd–Leningrad University was Dmitry Likhachov.[20] Boyanus taught him English phonetics and Middle English poetry,[21] and also was his thesis advisor, which was on Shakespearean theatre in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Russia.[22]


Boyanus School of Russian

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Monica Partridge studied at the Boyanus School of Russian from 1940 to 1943. She then taught there from 1943 to 1947.[23]

Death

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Boyanus died of heart failure on 19 July 1952.[24] The Boyanus School of Russian had to close due to his death.[24] He died at St. Thomas's Hospital.[25]

Daniel Jones wrote his obituary for Le Maître Phonétique.[26][6]

Monica Partridge wrote his obituary for The Slavonic and East European Review.[7]

Boris Unbegaun wrote his obituary for Revue des études slaves.[27]

He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium on 23 July.[25]

Selected works

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A more complete list of works can be found in Svetozarova (2018, pp. 484–486).

  • Bronevskīĭ (Boi͡anus"), S. (c. 1910). O formi͡e v" st͡senicheskom" tvorchestvi͡e О формѣ въ сценическомъ творчествѣ (in Russian). [Kiev].


  • Boi͡anus, S. K. (1926). Postanovka angliĭskogo proiznoshenii͡a Постановка английского произношения [Basics of English pronunciation] (in Russian). Vol. 1–2. Leningrad: Sovremennik.
  • M︠i︡uller, V. K.; Boi͡anus, S. K. (1928). Anglo-russkiĭ slovar' Англо-русский словарь [English–Russian dictionary] (in Russian). Moskva: Sovetskaya entsiklopediya.
  • Boyanus, S. K.; M︠i︡uller, V. K. (1930). Russko–angliĭskiĭ slovarʹ Русско–английский словарь [Russian–English dictionary] (in Russian). Moskva: Sovetskaya entsiklopediya.
  • Boyanus, S. C. (1935). A Manual of Russian Pronunciation. London: Sidgwick and Jackson.
  • Boyanus, S. C.; Jopson, N. H. (1939). Spoken Russian: A Practical Course. London: Sidgick and Jackson.
  • Boyanus, S. C. (1943–1947). Conversational Narratives Illustrating Spoken Russian. Vol. 1–3. London: The Boyanus School of Russian.
  • Boyanus, S. C. (1955). Russian Pronunciation. London: Lund Humphries.

Notes

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  1. ^ Russian: Семён Карлович Боянус, IPA: [sʲɪˈmʲɵn ˈkarɫəvʲɪt͡ɕ bɐˈjanʊs]. His name sometimes appears as Semen Karlovič Boyanus,[1] Semen Karlovitch Bojanus,[2] or S. K. Boianus.[3]
  2. ^ This name sometimes appears as S. Bronevski.[8]
  3. ^ He was also known by the patronymic form of his name Karl Karlovich Boyanus (Russian: Карл Карлович Боянус).[10]
  4. ^ Russian: Ольга Семёновна Хлюстина,[11]
  5. ^ In pre-1917 orthography, the title is О формѣ въ сценическомъ творчествѣ.[15]

Citations

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  1. ^ Unbegaun (1953), p. 328; Asher (1994), p. 395.
  2. ^ Edel (2011), p. 73; Edel (2013), p. 98.
  3. ^ David-Fox (2012), p. 95; Martynov & Klein (1971), p. 279; Chudakov (1985), p. 122.
  4. ^ a b Edel (2013), p. 98.
  5. ^ Asher (1994).
  6. ^ a b Jones (1952).
  7. ^ a b Partridge (1953).
  8. ^ Droznin (2017).
  9. ^ Svetozarova (2018), pp. 466–467; Svetozarova (2019), p. 121.
  10. ^ Edel (2011), p. 71; Svetozarova (2019), p. 121
  11. ^ Svetozarova (2018), p. 466; Edel (2013), p. 97.
  12. ^ Edel (2013), p. 97.
  13. ^ Edel (2013), pp. 97–98.
  14. ^ Edel (2011), p. 71; Edel (2013), p. 96–97.
  15. ^ Bronevskīĭ (Boi͡anus") (c. 1910), Title page.
  16. ^ Droznin (2008), p. 37.
  17. ^ a b Svetozarova (2018), p. 467.
  18. ^ Droznin (2017), p. 37.
  19. ^ a b Svetozarova (2018), p. 468.
  20. ^ Svetozarova (2018), p. 469.
  21. ^ Likhachev (2000), p. 26,59.
  22. ^ Likhachev (2000), p. 124.
  23. ^ Jones (2009), p. 40.
  24. ^ a b Jones (1952), p. 20.
  25. ^ a b Daily Telegraph (1952).
  26. ^ Collins & Mees (1999), p. 399
  27. ^ Unbegaun (1953).

References

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Further reading

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  • Jones, Daniel (2003) [1952]. "Simon Boyanus". In Collins, Beverly; Mees, Inger M. (eds.). Daniel Jones: Selected Works. Vol. Volume VII: Selected Papers. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-23343-9. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help) [This reprint of Jones (1952) is in standard English orthography.]
  • Arabazhin, K. (2005). «Юлий Цезарь», трагедия в 5 действиях В. Шекспира: «Новости и Биржевая газета», СПб., 1904, 31 марта. In Vinogradov, Yu.M.; Radishcheva, O.A.; Shingareva, E.A. (eds.). Artist. Rezhisser. Teatr Московский Художественный Театр в русской театральной критике: 1898–1905. Moscow. pp. 392–397. ISBN 978-5-87334-087-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Kachalov, Vasiliĭ Ivanovich (1954) [1935]. "Sorok let na st͡sene. Beseda s narodnym artistom respubliki V. I. Kachalovym" Сорок лет на сцене. Беседа с народным артистом республики В. И. Качаловым. In Vilenkin, V. I͡A. (ed.). Vasiliĭ Ivanovich Kachalov: sbornik stateĭ, vospominaniĭ, pisem Василий Иванович Качалов: сборник статей, воспоминаний, писем (in Russian). Iskusstvo: Moskva. pp. 27–29. Боянус (Борневский), выступавший несколько лет в Александринском театре, а сейчас профессор-лингвист.