A. H. Sayce

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:academicAdvisor A._H._Gardiner
H._R._Hall
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Fellow_of_the_British_Academy
gptkbp:birthDate 1845-09-25
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution Deciphering cuneiform inscriptions
gptkbp:deathDate 1933-07-14
gptkbp:famousFor Promoting the study of ancient languages
Public lectures on ancient civilizations
Translating ancient texts
Writing textbooks on Assyriology
Pioneering_work_in_Assyrian_studies
gptkbp:field Archaeology
Linguistics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label A. H. Sayce
gptkbp:influence Historical linguistics
Comparative linguistics
Cultural history studies
Archaeological methodology
Modern Assyriology
gptkbp:influenced Cyrus_Gordon
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:George_Smith
gptkbp:involvedIn Excavations_in_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:knownFor Contributions to the study of ancient Near Eastern languages
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hittite
Akkadian
Egyptian
English
Sumerian
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork The_Ancient_Empires_of_the_East
gptkbp:occupation Assyriologist
gptkbp:publications The Ancient Near East
The History of the Ancient Near East
Assyrian Grammar
The Assyrian Inscriptions
The Assyrian Language
The Fall of the Assyrian Empire
The History of the Ancient Egyptians
The_Ancient_Empires_of_the_East
The_Ancient_History_of_the_Near_East
The_Archaeology_of_the_Bible
The_Babylonians_and_Assyrians
The_Cuneiform_Inscriptions_of_Asia_Minor
The_Early_History_of_the_Hebrews
The_History_of_the_Hittites
The_Hittites_and_Their_Language
The_Influence_of_Assyria_on_the_Bible
The_Language_of_the_Hittites
The_Rise_of_the_Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Oxford,_England
gptkbp:spouse Mary_Sayce
gptkbp:wrote Numerous articles on Assyriology