About Maurice Sznycer
Lived 1921 – 2010 (aged 89). Maurice Sznycer was a French historian, archaeologist, philologist and semitologist.
Maurice Sznycer (1921 in Poland – 29 July 2010 in Paris) was a French historian, philologist, archaeologist, epigrapher and specialist of the Semitic world.
His work focused as much on near East world as on ancient Carthage.
He lived as a Partisan during the 1940s, along with his brother, Selim.
After he was elected "directeur d'études" at the École pratique des hautes études (IVth section), he published in the 1970s several reference books and articles devoted to the Phoenicians in Cyprus, the Phoenician-Punic expansion in the western Mediterranean or Phoenician toponyms in the Western Mediterranean.
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Who was Maurice Sznycer?
French historian (1921–2010)
When was Maurice Sznycer born?
Maurice Sznycer was born on 29 January 1921 in Poland.
When did Maurice Sznycer die?
Maurice Sznycer died on 29 July 2010 in 5th arrondissement of Paris.
What was Maurice Sznycer's occupation?
Maurice Sznycer was a historian, archaeologist, philologist and semitologist.
What nationality was Maurice Sznycer?
Maurice Sznycer was French.
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