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Bedřich Hrozný

Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (died 1952)

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Born
May 6, 1879
Died
December 12, 1952
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1879

About Bedřich Hrozný

Bedřich Hrozný, also known as Friedrich Hrozny, 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. In 1929, Hrozný founded Archiv Orientální, which became one of the leading journals for Oriental Studies. In 1925 Hrozný led a Czechoslovak archaeological team that discovered 1000 cuneiform tablets containing contracts and letters of Assyrian merchants in the Turkish village of Kültepe, and excavated the nearby ancient Hittite city of Kanesh.

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Bedřich Hrozný timeline

  1. In 1925 Hrozný led a Czechoslovak archaeological team that discovered 1000 cuneiform tablets containing contracts and letters of Assyrian merchants in the Turkish village of Kültepe, and excavated the nearby ancient Hittite city of Kanesh.
  2. In 1929, Hrozný founded Archiv Orientální, which became one of the leading journals for Oriental Studies.

The world when Bedřich Hrozný was born

Bedřich Hrozný was born in 1879. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineThomas Edison demonstrates practical incandescent light bulb
  • Technology milestoneEdison's light bulb — practical electric lighting
  • Notable inventionSaccharin (artificial sweetener) discovered
  • World population~1.39 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRutherford B. Hayes
  • U.S. population45.9M

1879 versus 2026

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Measure18792026
Population45.9M341 million

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