Gelb, Ignace J., 1907-
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- Summary
- Ignace Jay Gelb was a Polish-American Assyriologist who pioneered the scientific study of writing systems. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5][6]
- Born
- 1907-10-14 [2][6]
- Birth Place
- Tarnów [2]
- Tarnów [6]
- Died
- 1985-12-22 [2][6]
- Death Place
- Chicago, Ill. [2]
- Chicago [6]
- Country
- Poland [2]
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [6]
- linguist [6]
- archaeologist [6]
- historian [6]
- assyriologist [6]
- Employer
- University of Chicago [6]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [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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