What is Ehsan Yarshater?
{{Infobox person | name = Ehsan Yarshater | native_name = احسان یارشاطر | native_name_lang = fa | image = Ehsan Yarshater.png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Ehsanollah Yarshater<ref>{{cite web | title=Vol. 30, No. 2, Page 5, Summer 2015 Archives | website=IranNameh | date=2016-02-12 | url=https://issuu.com/nameh/docs/iran_nameh_y30n02_whole_issue | access-date=2016-05-10}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|04|03}} | birth_place = [[Hamadan]], [[Qajar dynasty|Iran]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|9|1|1920|4|3}} | death_place = [[Stanford, California]], U.S. | death_cause = Complications from [[thrombosis]] | nationality = | ethnicity = <!-- Ethnicity should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = [[University of Tehran]], [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]] | occupation = Director of the Center for Iranian Studies at [[Columbia University]] | years_active = | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | home_town = | spouse = Latifeh Alvieh (died 1999) | partner = <!-- unmarried life partner; use ''Name (1950–present)'' --> | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> | footnotes = }} '''Ehsan Yarshater''' ({{lang-fa|احسان يارشاطر}}, April 3, 1920 – September 1, 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/persian/arts-38251485|title=درگذشت احسان یارشاطر؛ مردی که زبان فارسی وطنش بود|publisher=BBC Persian|first=Hamid|last=Alavi|date=September 2, 2018|access-date=September 2, 2018|language=fa}}</ref> was an [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[historian]] and [[Linguistics|linguist]].