Alexander von Zagareli

Alexander Anton von Zagareli (also Cagareli or Tsagareli, Georgian: ალექსანდრე ანტონის ძე ცაგარელი; 9 December 1844 – 12 November 1929[1]) was a Georgian linguist.

He studied at the University of Tübingen, Vienna, Munich, and Saint Petersburg.

Zagareli habilitated at age 27 at the Saint Petersburg State University.

Zagareli remained at the Georgian language department at Saint Petersburg for over half a century, until his return to Georgia in 1922.

The nearly 80-year-old Zagareli left Russia to take up academic positions at Tbilisi State University.