About Karl Piehl
Lived 1853 – 1904 (aged 51). Karl Piehl was a Swedish egyptologist and linguist.
Karl Piehl (1853–1904) was a Swedish Egyptologist.
Biography He was born in Stockholm. He was docent in Egyptian languages at Uppsala University in 1881, became director of the Egyptian Museum in 1889, and in 1893 was appointed to a newly endowed chair of Egyptology. Three years afterwards Piehl became editor of the Sphinx, a periodical of Egyptian archaeology.
Works Petites études égyptologiques (1881) Dictionnaire du papyrus Harris No. 1 (1882) Inscriptions hiéroglyphiques (1884 sqq.)
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Who was Karl Piehl?
Swedish egyptologist
When was Karl Piehl born?
Karl Piehl was born on 30 March 1853 in Katarina church parish.
When did Karl Piehl die?
Karl Piehl died on 9 August 1904 in Sigtuna church parish.
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Karl Piehl was an egyptologist and linguist.
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Karl Piehl was Swedish.
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