Kramer, Samuel Noah, 1897-
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The SumeriansBook 1963
- Summary
- Samuel Noah Kramer was one of the world's leading Assyriologists, an expert in Sumerian history and Sumerian language. After high school, he attended Temple University, before Dropsie University and the University of Pennsylvania, all in Philadelphia. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][3][4][5][6]
- Unknown [2]
- Born
- 1897-09-28 [2][6]
- Birth Place
- Zaškìv [district de Kiïv] (Ukraine) [3]
- Zhashkiv [6]
- Died
- 1990-11-26 [2][6]
- Death Place
- Philadelphia (Pa.) [3]
- Philadelphia [6]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Russia (Federation) [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- historian [6]
- autobiographer [6]
- assyriologist [6]
- writer [6]
- Profession
- Orientalist [2]
- Employer
- University of Pennsylvania [6]
- University of Chicago [6]
- Educated at
- Temple University [6]
- University of Pennsylvania [6]
- Gratz College [6]
- South Philadelphia High School [6]
- Country of Education
- United States [6]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [6]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [6]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. National Library of Korea
- 6. Wikidata
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