Leo Reinisch
Archaeologist, egyptologist and university teacher
About Leo Reinisch
Lived 1832 – 1919 (aged 87). Leo Reinisch was an Austrian archaeologist, egyptologist, classical philologist, orientalist, africanist and university teacher.
Biography In 1854 Reinisch began studying history, philology, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic and Coptic at the University of Vienna. In 1873, the same university granted him a full professorship in Egyptian antiquity (Ägyptische Altertumskunde), the first chair for Egyptology in Austria. He also worked as the personal secretary to the Kaiser in Mexico.
Legacy 16 years after Reinisch's death, the Reinischgasse street in Vienna-Döbling was named after him.
Publications Reinisch has published collections of texts, grammars and dictionaries on over 20 different languages. These are some of his most important works: Die ägyptischen Denkmäler in Miramar, 1865. (co-written with E. Robert Roesler) Die zweisprachige Inschrift von Tanis, 1866. (co-written with E. Robert Roesler) Der einheitliche Ursprung der Sprachen in der Alten Welt, 1873. Ägyptische Chrestomathie, 2 volumes, 1873/75. Die Barea-Sprache, 1874. Die Sprachen von Nordost-Afrika, 3 volumes, 1874–1879. Die Sprache der Irob-Saho in Abessinien, 1878. Die Nuba-Sprache, 2 volumes, 1879. Die Afar-Sprache, 3 volumes, 1886–1887. Die Bilin-Sprache, 2 volumes, 1887. Die Kafa-Sprache in Nordost-Afrika, 2 volumes, 1888. Das Zahlwort vier und neun in den Chamitisch-Semitischen Sprachen, 1890. Die Saho-Sprache, 2 volumes, 1890. Die Bedauye-Sprache in Nordost-Afrika, 3 volumes, 1893–1895.. Die Somali-Sprache, 2 volumes, 1900/02. Das persönliche Fürwort und die Verbalflexion in den Chamito-Semitischen Sprachen, 1909. Die sprachliche Stellung des Nuba, 1911.
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Who was Leo Reinisch?
archaeologist, egyptologist and university teacher (1832-1919)
When was Leo Reinisch born?
Leo Reinisch was born on 26 October 1832 in Osterwitz.
When did Leo Reinisch die?
Leo Reinisch died on 24 December 1919 in Maria Lankowitz.
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Leo Reinisch was an archaeologist, egyptologist, classical philologist, orientalist, africanist and university teacher.
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Leo Reinisch was Austrian.
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