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Simon Reinisch

Who

Simon Reinisch · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Austrian linguist and pioneer in the study of Cushitic and African languages.

When

1832, Osterwitz, Austria — 1919, Maria Lankowitz, Austria

Where

Austria · Egypt · East Africa

Biography

Simon Reinisch is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Austrian linguist and pioneer in the study of Cushitic and African languages.

How & why

Simon Leo Reinisch was an Austrian linguist, Egyptologist and Africanist who laid the foundations for the study and classification of the Cushitic languages of the Horn of Africa, earning him the title 'father of Cushitic studies', and held Austria's first chair in Egyptology. His inclusion among Jewish linguists rests on such scholarly catalogues; standard biographies do not document Jewish ancestry.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics

Contributions & Sources

Austrian linguist and pioneer in the study of Cushitic and African languages.

1832

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics