Sayce, Archibald Henry, 1845-1933
British philologist, archaeologist, and Assyriologist. Starting at a young age, he gained a proficiency in many languages, continuing onto Oxford University and, despite chronic health problems, becoming a reputable philologist. From 1872, he traveled Europe, Asia, North America, and northern Africa, collecting, copying, translating, and editing texts. He also engaged in archaeology, in particular the excavation of the ancient capital of Ethiopia, Meroe. He is best known for his interest in Assyriology, and he produced many works on all aspects of Babylonian and Assyrian society and culture. He died in 1933, bequeathing his writings and notes to the Bodleian Library and his Asian antiquities and artifacts to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
- HMML ID
- 155134096874
- PURL
- LC name
- Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933
- HMML name
- Sayce, Archibald Henry, 1845-1933
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Sayce, A. H.
Name elements
- Given names
- Archibald ● Henry
- Family names
- Sayce
Personal information
- Birth date
- 1845-09-25
- Death date
- 1933-02-04
- Centuries
- 19th century CE ● 20th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place residence
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Languages
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- Affiliation
General notes
- Citations
- Gunn, Battiscombe, rev. by O. R. Gurney. "Sayce, Archibald Henry (1845-1933)," in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35965.
Preferred citation
"Sayce, Archibald Henry, 1845-1933." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified June 27, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/person/155134096874
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-06-15
- Last edited
- 2023-06-27