August Adolf Eisenlohr (HeidICON 28797) (cropped)

August Adolf Eisenlohr (6 October 1832,

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 2 ...

– 24 February 1902,

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) was a German

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious ...

. He studied

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

and sciences at the universities of

and

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, and spent several years involved in the chemical manufacturing business. In 1862 he introduced a process for producing

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. In 1865 he resumed his education, taking classes in Egyptian language studies. In 1869 he received his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

for Egyptology at Heidelberg and in 1869/70 conducted research in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

. In 1885 he became an honorary professor at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

, where he taught classes in Egyptian

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

and

Semitic languages The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, the Horn of Africa, and latterly North Africa, Malta, West Africa, Chad, and in large immigra ...

. In 1877 he was the first to publish an edition of the

Rhind Mathematical Papyrus The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (RMP; also designated as papyrus British Museum 10057 and pBM 10058) is one of the best known examples of ancient Egyptian mathematics. It is named after Alexander Henry Rhind, a Scottish antiquarian, who purchased ...

, considered to be the most important mathematical text discovered in Egypt.

Published works

* ''Analytische Erklärung des demotischen Theiles der Rosettana Z. 1–8'', 1869 (habilitation thesis) – Analytical explanation of the Demotic part of Tabula Rosettana, lines 1-8. * ''Der große Papyrus Harris : Ein wichtiger Beitrag zur ägyptischen Geschichte, ein 3000 Jahr altes Zeugniß für die mosaische Religionsstiftung enthaltend'', 1872 – The Harris Papyrus: an important contribution to Egyptian history. * ''Ein mathematisches Handbuch der alten Aegypter : (Papyrus Rhind des British Museum)'', 1877 – A mathematical handbook of the ancient Egyptians: (Rhind papyrus of the

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). * ''Corpus papyrorum Aegypti a Revillout et Eisenlohr editum'', 1885-1892 (with

Eugène Revillout Eugène Revillout (4 May 1843 – 11 January 1913) was a French Egyptologist. Born in Besançon, Revillout worked for the Louvre in Paris, as both a curator for the collection and professor of Egyptian at its school. He dealt particularly wi ...

). * ''Ein altbabylonischer Felderplan nach Mittheilungen von F. V. Scheil'', 1896 (as editor) – An

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field plan according to Father

Jean-Vincent Scheil Father Jean-Vincent Scheil (born 10 June 1858, Kœnigsmacker – died 21 September 1940, Paris) was a French Dominican scholar and Assyriologist. He is credited as the discoverer of the Code of Hammurabi in Persia. In 1911 he came into possessi ...

.HathiTrust Digital Library
published works

References

External links

* 1832 births 1902 deaths Writers from Mannheim German Egyptologists Academic staff of Heidelberg University German papyrologists Archaeologists from Baden-Württemberg {{Germany-academic-bio-stub