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Edward Hincks

[English] Edward Hincks (b. 1792 in Cork, Ireland; d. 1866 in Killyleagh, Northern Ireland) was an Irish Assyriologist and one of the earliest decipherer of cuneiform.

[Deutsch] Edward Hincks (geb. 1792 in Cork, Irland; gest. 1866 in Killyleagh, Nordirland) war ein irischer Assyriologe und einer der frühesten Entzifferer der Keilschrift.

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Irish Assyriologist (1792-1866)

Born 19 August 1792
Died 3 December 1866

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  • Cover of: On the Khorsabad Inscriptions

    First published in 1850 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: On the polyphony of the Assyrio-Babylonian cuneiform writing: a letter to Professor Renouf

    First published in 1863 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The correspondence of Edward Hincks

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Egyptian dynasties of Manetho

    First published in 1863 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On the Assyrio-Babylonian phonetic characters

    First published in 1986 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: An attempt to ascertain the number, names, and powers, of the letters of the hieroglyphic or ancient Egyptian alphabet

    First published in 1847 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On the First and Second Kinds of Persepolitan Writing + On the three Kinds of Persepolitan Writing, and on the Mode of expressing Numerals in Cuneatic Characters: From The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. XXI, Part I + II

    First published in 1846 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On the various years and months in use among the Egyptians

    First published in 1865 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: God's work & Satan's counter-works, as now carried on in the north of Ireland: a sermon, preached in Killyleagh Church, on Sunday, 31st July, 1859

    First published in 1859 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On the defacement of divine and royal names on Egyptian monuments.

    First published in 1846 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On the Polyphony of the Assyrio-Babylonian Cuneiform Writing: A Letter to Professot Renouf

    First published in 1863 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On the years and cycles used by the ancient Egyptians

    First published in 1838 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Specimen chapters of an Assyrian grammar

    First published in 1866 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: What is to be done with the tithes in Ireland?: the question answered

    First published in 1832 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Edward Hincks bicentenary lectures

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On the Assyrio-Babylonian measures of time

    First published in 1865 — 1 edition
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Irish Assyriologist (1792-1866)

Born 19 August 1792
Died 3 December 1866

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Akkadian language, Cuneiform writing, History, Akkadian Cuneiform inscriptions, Ancient History, Antiquities, Assyriologists, Assyriology, Clergy, Clergy, correspondence, Clergy, great britain, Correspondence, Egyptian Calendar, Egyptologists, Epidemic Hysteria, Hysteria, Epidemic, Languages, Middle East, Phonology, Sermons, Study and teaching, Texts, Time measurements, United Church of England and Ireland

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Egypt, Ireland, Middle East

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Edward Hincks (1792-1866)

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19th century

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
July 2, 2011 Edited by marycee Added new photo
July 2, 2011 Edited by marycee added short bio and links
September 6, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from specimenchapters00hincrich record