Who selected Zamenhof as one of its eminent personalities in 2017?
UNICEF
UNESCO
The Nobel Prize Committee
Harvard University
Answer
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) selected Zamenhof as one of its eminent personalities in 2017, in recognition of his work on Esperanto. Zamenhof was a Polish ophthalmologist who created Esperanto in 1887 as a universal language that would be easy to learn and would help to promote international understanding. Esperanto is now spoken by an estimated 2 million people worldwide.
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