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.
