Smith, George, 1840-1876

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Name (Latin)
Smith, George, 1840-1876
Date of birth
1840-03-26
Date of death
1876-08-19
Associated country
Great Britain
Syria
Field of activity
Assyriology
Occupation
Assyriologists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 70959268
Wikidata: Q1009506
Library of congress: no 92032602
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Wikipedia description:

George Smith (26 March 1840 – 19 August 1876) was a pioneering English Assyriologist who first discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest-known written works of literature.

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