Roy Mottahedeh
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Roy Parviz Mottahedeh is a professor of pre-modern social and intellectual history of the Islamic Middle East at Harvard University
and expert on Iran
ian culture.
co-founder Mildred Mottahedeh
, who was Bahá'í community representative to the United Nations.
Mottahedeh graduated from George School
in Newtown, Pennsylvania
in 1957, and from Harvard University
, with a B.A. in 1960 and a Ph.D. in 1970.
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and expert on Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian culture.
Life
Mottahedeh is the son of philanthropist and Mottahedeh & CompanyMottahedeh & Company
Mottahedeh & Company is a company in New York City that makes tableware. The company has made porcelain for the President of the United States, the U.S. State Department and the Diplomatic Corps....
co-founder Mildred Mottahedeh
Mildred Mottahedeh
Mildred R. Mottahedeh was one of the most important figures in the area of luxury goods in the twentieth century. During her lifetime she amassed the largest privately held collection of Chinese export porcelain in the world, a feat which was catalogued in the book China For The West by David Howard...
, who was Bahá'í community representative to the United Nations.
Mottahedeh graduated from George School
George School
George School is a private Quaker boarding and day high school located on a rural campus near Newtown, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded at its present site in 1893, and has grown from a single building to over 20 academic, athletic, and residential buildings...
in Newtown, Pennsylvania
Newtown, Pennsylvania
Newtown is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania:* Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania* Newtown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania* Newtown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania* Newtown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania...
in 1957, and from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, with a B.A. in 1960 and a Ph.D. in 1970.