George Mifsud Chircop
George Mifsud Chircop (born in Malta on 28 June 1951; died in Malta on 19 December 2007) was a Maltese linguist. Mifsud Chircop also studied the folklore and ethnography of his native land. One of his specialties was the Maltese song genre għana. The Maltese National Book Council was quoted in the "Independent" as saying, “Dr Gorg Mifsud Chircop definitely served his country well and deserves the nation's praise.”