David Diringer
David Diringer (born June 16, 1900 in Tlumacz , Austria-Hungary , † 1975 ) was a Jewish orientalist of Hungarian origin.
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David Diringer researched the development of language and the history of writing . He taught at Cambridge University and is the author of several important works on the subject of writing and founding director of the Alphabet Museum in Tel Aviv .
literature
- The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind ; ISBN 81-215-0748-0
- History of the Alphabet , 1977; ISBN 0-905418-12-3
- The Book Before Printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental ; ISBN 0-486-24243-9
- The Alphabet , ISBN 0-09-067642-4
- The Illuminated Book ; ISBN 0-571-08077-4
- Writing . 1962 ( Ancient Peoples and Places )
swell
- John F. Oppenheimer (Red.) And a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , Sp. 167.
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| SURNAME | Diringer, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British researcher of language development and the history of writing |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tlumacz, Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1975 |