HEINRICH KARL See also:

• HEINRICH KARL BRUGSCH (1827-1894)

BRUGSCH (1827-1894)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Egyptologist, was the son of a Prussian See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry officer, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks at See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, on the 18th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1827 . He See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early manifested a See also:

• GREAT

great inclination to See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian studies, in which, though encouraged by See also:

• HUMBOLDT, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER, BARON
• HUMBOLDT, KARL WILHELM VON (1767-1835)

Humboldt, he was almost entirely self-taught . After completing his university course and visiting See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign museums he was sent to See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt by the Prussian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government in 1853, and contracted an intimate friendship with See also:

• MARIETTE, AUGUSTE FERDINAND FRANCOIS (1821-1881)

Mariette . On his return he received an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment in the Berlin museum . In r86o he was sent to See also:

• PERSIA

Persia on a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• MISSION

mission under See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Minutoli, travelled over the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and after Minutoli's See also:

• DEATH

death discharged the functions of See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador . LI 1864 he was See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul at See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo, in 1868 See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor at See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, and in 1870 director of the school of Egyptology, founded at Cairo by the See also:

• KHEDIVE

khedive . From this See also:

• POST

post he was unceremoniously dismissed in 1879 by the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European controllers of the public revenues, determined to economize at all hazards; and See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence prevented his succeeding his friend Mariette at the Bulaq Museum in 1883 . He afterwards resided principally in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany until his death on the 9th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1894, but frequently visited Egypt, took See also:

• PART

part in another See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official mission to Persia, and organized an Egyptian exhibit at the See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia Exposition in 1876 . He had been made a See also:

• PASHA

pasha by the khedive in 1881 . He published his autobiography in 1894, concluding with a warm See also:

• PANEGYRIC

panegyric upon See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• RULE

rule in Egypt . See also:

• BRUGSCH, HEINRICH KARL (1827-1894)

Brugsch's services to Egyptology are most important, particularly in the decipherment of See also:

• DEMOTIC (Gr. Srlµorucos, of or belonging to the people)

demotic and the making of a vast hieroglyphic-demotic See also:

• DICTIONARY

dictionary (1867-1882) . See H .

Brugsch, Mein Leben and mein Wandern; also See also:

• ART

art . EGYPT, See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

Language and See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

Writing .