Edward Hincks

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Edward Hincks was a 19th-century Irish clergyman and scholar renowned for his pioneering work in deciphering cuneiform script and advancing the study of Assyriology.

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instanceOf Assyriologist ⓘ
Irish clergyman ⓘ
human ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Master of Arts ⓘ
areaOfExpertise Semitic languages ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern scripts ⓘ
birthDate 1792-08-19 ⓘ
birthPlace Cork ⓘ
County Cork ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
contemporaryOf Henry Rawlinson ⓘ
Julius Oppert ⓘ
linked to: Jules Oppert
contributedTo decipherment of Akkadian cuneiform ⓘ
decipherment of Old Persian cuneiform ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1866-12-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
familyName Hincks ⓘ
fieldOfWork Assyriology ⓘ
Egyptology ⓘ
cuneiform studies ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
knownFor contributions to Assyriology ⓘ
decipherment of cuneiform script ⓘ
study of Akkadian ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Church of Ireland ⓘ
name Edward Hincks ⓘ
notableWork papers on cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ
studies on the Behistun Inscription ⓘ
occupation Assyriologist ⓘ
biblical scholar ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
placeOfDeath County Down ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Killyleagh ⓘ
positionHeld Rector of Killyleagh ⓘ
clergyman in the Church of Ireland ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
workLocation County Down ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Killyleagh ⓘ

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Assyriology → hasNotableFigure → Edward Hincks ⓘ
Georg Friedrich Grotefend → influenced → Edward Hincks ⓘ
Edward Hincks → name → Edward Hincks ⓘ