See also:

• JULIUS

JULIUS See also:

• JULIUS OPPERT (1825-19o5)

OPPERT (1825-19o5)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Assyriologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, of Jewish parents, on the 9th of See also:

• JULY

July 1825 . After studying at See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg, See also:

• BONN

Bonn and See also:

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

Berlin, he graduated at See also:

• KIEL

Kiel in 1847; and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year went to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, where he was teacher of German at See also:

• LAVAL
• LAVAL, ANDRE DE, SEIGNEUR DE LOHEAC (c. 1408-1485)

Laval and at See also:

• REIMS
• REIMS (RHEIMS)

Reims . His leisure was given to See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental studies, in which he had made See also:

• GREAT

great progress in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and in 1852 he joined See also:

• FRESNEL, AUGUSTIN JEAN (1788-1827)

Fresnel's archaeological expedition to See also:

• MESOPOTAMIA (Mevoaora)

Mesopotamia . On his return in 1854 he occupied himself in digesting the results of the expedition in so far as they concerned See also:

• CUNEIFORM (from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

cuneiform See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions, and published an important See also:

• WORK

work upon them (Dechriffrement See also:

• DES

des inscriptions cuneiformes, 1861) . In 1857 he was appointed See also:

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

professor of Sanscrit in the school of See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages connected with the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Library in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and in this capacity he produced a Sanscrit See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar; but his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention was chiefly given to See also:

• ASSYRIAN

Assyrian and cognate subjects, and he was especially prominent in establishing the Turanian See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the See also:

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

language originally spoken in See also:

• ASSYRIA

Assyria . In 1869 See also:

• OPPERT, JULIUS (1825-19o5)

Oppert was appointed professor of Assyrian See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology and See also:

• ARCHAEOLOGY (from Gr. &pxa1a, ancient things, and Xoyos, theory or science)

archaeology at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College de France . In 1865 he publisheda See also:

• HISTORY

history of -Assyria and See also:

• CHALDAEA

Chaldaea in the See also:

• LIGHT

light of the results of the different exploring expeditions . At a later See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he devoted much attention to the language and antiquities of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• MEDIA

Media, See also:

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

writing Le Peuple et la langue des Medes (1879) . He died in Paris on the 21st of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1905 . Oppert was a voluminous writer upon Assyrian See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology and See also:

• JURISPRUDENCE (Lat. jurisprudenlia, knowledge of law, from jus, right, and prudentia, from providere, to foresee)
• JURISPRUDENCE, COMPARATIVE

jurisprudence, and other subjects connected with the ancient civilizations of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East . Among his other See also:

• WORKS

works may be mentioned: Elements de la grammaire assyrienne (1868); L'Immortalite de l'dme chez See also:

• LES

les Chaldeens, (1895); Salomon et ses successeurs (1877); and, with J . See also:

• MENANT, JOACHIM (1820—1899)

Menant, Doctrines juridiques de l'Assyrie et de la See also:

• CHALDEE

Chaldee (1877) .