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Marcus Alexander Templar was born in Thessaloniki, the Capital of
the Greek Province of Macedonia.
He received his BA from Western Illinois University with major
in Social Sciences and Humanities and his MA from Northeastern
Illinois University in Human Resource Development.
He is an established expert on the Balkans and a Slavicist
specializing in the History, People and Language
of the South Slavs (The FYROM) and the Bulgarians. Besides Greek
and English, he speaks Serbocroatian, Bulgarian, and the Slavonic
language of The FYROM.
He has authored articles and essays on historical
and social issues regarding the Slavs of the FYROM as well as
the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. He is best known for his essay
on the "History, People and Language of the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia."
He is former President of the Macedonian Society
of Greater Chicago, and an advisor to the Pan-Macedonian Association
of the USA Committees of National Issues and Strategic Planning.
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