By Omid Safi
Many have tried to unite humanity through their life.
Rare is the person who consciously seeks to bring unity through his/her death.
Special is the human being who looks at death as yet another chance to bring humanity together.
We, all of us, just lost one such special human being.
The news of his passing spread quickly through the Iranian community and scholarly community.
Richard Frye, the distinguished Harvard Professor of Iranian studies, has just passed away.
Frye was Iranian studies at Harvard, and established the Harvard Center for Middle Eastern studies. He taught at Harvard from 1948-1990, though his impact lingered even after his formal retirement. He wrote more than twenty books and over 150 articles about the ancient Iranian culture.
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