Leo Reinisch
Simon Leo Reinisch | |
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 Reinisch in 1874 | |
| Born | October 26, 1832 Osterwitz, Austria |
| Died | December 24, 1919 (aged 87) Maria Lankowitz, Austria |
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| Known for | Considered the founder of Egyptology and African Studies in Austria[1] |
Simon Leo Reinisch or just Leo Reinisch (26 October 1832 in Osterwitz – 24 December 1919 in Maria Lankowitz) was an Austrian linguist, Egyptologist, Africanist and professor at the University of Vienna.[1][2]
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.[1] He also worked as the personal secretary to the Kaiser in Mexico.[2]
Legacy
16 years after Reinisch's death, the Reinischgasse street in Vienna-Döbling was named after him.[1]
Publications
Reinisch has published collections of texts, grammars and dictionaries on over 20 different languages. These are some of his most important works:[1]
- 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.
Gallery
Reinisch with his first wife Luise, 1887
Reinisch with his servant Jusuf
Reinisch (on the right) with Robert Roesler
Reinisch with a dog
Reinisch's Handwritten studies on hieroglyphs
Reinisch's handwritten studies on hieroglyphs in an Egyptian royal tomb 1
Reinisch's handwritten studies on hieroglyphs in an Egyptian royal tomb 2
Reinisch's gravestone on the church wall of Maria Lankowitz
Reinisch's Medal of Honor for his 70th birthday (from the Academy of Sciences (front)
Reinisch in 1878
References
- ^ a b c d e Leo Reinisch's biography (University of Vienna)
- ^ a b Rüegg, Walter (2006). A History of the University in Europe: Volume 3, Universities in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (1800-1945). Cambridge University Press. p. 446. ISBN 9780511227028.