History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back Academician Tamaz (Thomas V.) Gamkrelidze L.I. Mgaloblishvili The article is dedicated to the 80-th anniversary of the prominent Georgian Linguist Tamaz (Thomas V.) Gamkrelidze, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences. The famous scientist whose fundamental works have won world-wide recognition is Member of a great number of Academies and Linguistic Societies of leading foreign countries; among others Thomas V.Gamkrelidze has been elected a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Key words: Gamkrelidze Tamaz Valerianovich; academician; linguist.