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Bedřich Hrozný

Czech linguist

Died when: 73 years 220 days (883 months)
Star Sign: Taurus

 

Bedřich Hrozný

Bedřich (Friedrich) Hrozný (Czech: [ˈbɛdr̝ɪx ˈɦrozniː]; 6 May 1879 – 12 December 1952) was a Czech orientalist and linguist.

He contributed to the decipherment of the ancient Hittite language, identified it as an Indo-European language and laid the groundwork for the development of Hittitology.


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