Edward Hincks

For the United States Army officer, see Edward Winslow Hincks.

Edward Hincks
Born(1792-08-19)19 August 1792
Cork, Ireland
Died13 December 1866(1866-12-13) (aged 74)
Killyleagh, Ireland
EducationTrinity College Dublin
Occupations
Known forDecipherment of cuneiform
Spouse
Jane Dorothea Boyd
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(m. 1823)​
Children4
FatherThomas Dix Hincks
RelativesWilliam Hincks (brother)
Francis Hincks (brother)
ChurchChurch of Ireland

Edward Hincks (19 August 1792 – 3 December 1866) was an Irish Church of Ireland clergyman, Egyptologist and Assyriologist, known for the decipherment of cuneiform.

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