Friedrich Delitzsch
Friedrich Delitzsch | |
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Delitzsch in 1903 | |
| Born | 3 September 1850 |
| Died | 19 December 1922 (aged 72) |
| Father | Franz Delitzsch |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Leipzig |
| Thesis | Studien über Indogermanisch-Semitische Wurzelverwandtschaft ('Studies on Indo-European–Semitic Root Relationships', 1873) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Assyriology |
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Friedrich Conrad Gerhard Delitzsch (German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈdeːlɪtʃ]; 3 September 1850 – 19 December 1922) was a German Assyriologist. He was the son of Lutheran theologian Franz Delitzsch (1813–1890).
Born in Erlangen, he studied in Leipzig and Berlin, gaining his habilitation in 1874 as a lecturer of Semitic languages and Assyriology in Leipzig. In 1885, he became a full professor at Leipzig, afterwards serving as a professor at the Universities of Breslau (1893) and Berlin (1899).
He was co-founder of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (German Oriental Society) and director of the Vorderasiatische Abteilung (Near Eastern Department) of the Royal Museums.