Edward Hincks A Selection From His Correspondence With A Memoir With A Portrait

Author : Edward Hincks
Publisher : Collected Works of Norbert Eli
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Correspondence of Edward Hincks: 1818-1849 written by Edward Hincks and published by Collected Works of Norbert Eli. This book was released on 2007 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the letters in these volumes have not been previously published. Much of the correspondence relates to nineteenth-century archaeological and linguistic discoveries, but there are also letters concerned with ecclesiastical affairs, the Famine and the Hincks family.The letters in volume 1 cover the period from the 1820s when Hincks was a young clergyman and scholar, applying himself assiduously to his family and parish duties, and vigorously pursuing his study of the ancient Egyptian language, to the years 1846-9 during which he announced his epoch-making discoveries in the decipherment of Akkadian and its cuneiform writing system. There are dozens of letters from friends and colleagues, which include exchanges on a variety of subjects and offer a fascinating picture of scholarly and intellectual activity, as well as of the political and ecclesiastical events of the time. Hincks' unique research never diverted him from his religious and civic responsibilities, especially during times of crisis like the Famine. Amongst Hincks' correspondents were Samuel Birch, Franz Bopp, Friedrich Georg Grotefend, William Rowan Hamilton, Christian Lassen, Austen Henry Layard, Edwin Norris, George Cecil Renouard, and Peter le Page Renouf. Volumes 2 and 3 will be published in 2008 and 2009 respectively.