Leo Reinisch

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BornOctober 26, 1832
Osterwitz, Austria
DiedDecember 24, 1919(1919-12-24) (aged 87)
Occupations
KnownforConsidered the founder of Egyptology and African Studies in Austria[1]
Simon Leo Reinisch
Reinisch in 1874
BornOctober 26, 1832
Osterwitz, Austria
DiedDecember 24, 1919(1919-12-24) (aged 87)
Occupations
Known forConsidered 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]

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]

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