František Lexa

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František Lexa

František Lexa (born April 5, 1876 in Pardubice , † February 13, 1960 in Prague ) was a Czech Egyptologist . He was the founder of Egyptology in Czechoslovakia .

life and work

After graduating from high school, Lexa studied mathematics, physics, philosophy and psychology in Prague from 1895 to 1900 (1903 Dr. phil.). Lexa taught from 1901 to 1906 at the grammar school in Hradec Králové and learned the Egyptian language . In 1907/08 he received a scholarship and studied Egyptology in Berlin and Strasbourg . In 1919 Lexa qualified as a professor at the Charles University in the Czech Republic for Egyptology ( O poměru ducha, duše a těla u Egypťanů Staré říše ) and was appointed private lecturer. In 1922 he was appointed associate professor there and in 1927 full professor of Egyptology. In 1925, on his initiative, an Egyptological seminar was set up at Charles University in the Czech Republic, and he was appointed to head it. Since 1952 he was a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. In autumn 1958 he became the first director of the Czechoslovak Egyptological Institute of Charles University in Prague.

Lexa's major works are dedicated to the Egyptian religion , magic and linguistics. Lexa was the first to translate ancient Egyptian literature into Czech.

Lexa's students included Jaroslav Černý (1898–1970) and Zbyněk Žába (1917–1971) as well as his daughter Irena Lexová, who did her doctorate with him on ancient Egyptian dances ( O staroegyptském tanci . Prague 1930).

Works

  • Contributions to the demotic dictionary from the Insinger papyrus . Prague 1916.
  • Pokus egyptského krále Amenhotepa IV. Achenatona o zavedení světového náboženství . Prague-Karlín 1920.
  • Náboženská literatura staroegyptská (2 volumes). Kladno 1921.
  • Beletristická literatura staroegyptská . Kladno 1923.
  • Staroegyptské čarodějnictví . Kladno 1923.
  • Comment se revèlent les reports entre les langues Hamitiques, Sémitiques et la langue Égyptienne dans la grammaire des pronoms personnels, des verbes et dans les numéraux cardinaux 1–9 . Prague 1925
  • Obecné mravní nauky staroegyptské (3 volumes). Prague 1926-29.
  • La magie dans l'Egypte antique de l'ancien empire jusqu'a l'époque copte (3 volumes). Prague 1925.
  • Grammaire démotique (7 volumes), Prague 1938–51.
  • Výbor ze starší literatury egyptské . Prague 1947.
  • Výbor z mladší literatury egyptské . Prague 1947.
  • Jak měli staří Egyptané rádi Ptolemaia . Prague 1948.
  • Veřejný život ve starověkém Egyptě (2 volumes). Prague 1955.

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personal data
SURNAME Lexa, František
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech Egyptologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Pardubice
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1960
Place of death Prague