Vasily Vasilievich Radlov, born Friedrich Wilhelm Radloff was a German and Russian linguist, ethnographer, and archaeologist, often considered to be the founder of Turkology, the scientific study of Turkic peoples. He was the first to publish the Orhon inscriptions.
- Occupation
- explorer, anthropologist, linguist, ethnographer
- Position held
- museum director
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia, Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- Born
- January 5, 1837, January 17, 1837
- Died
