Simon Reinisch
Simon Reinisch · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Austrian linguist and pioneer in the study of Cushitic and African languages.
1832, Osterwitz, Austria — 1919, Maria Lankowitz, Austria
Austria · Egypt · East Africa
Simon Reinisch is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Austrian linguist and pioneer in the study of Cushitic and African languages.
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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Austrian linguist and pioneer in the study of Cushitic and African languages.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
