Harry Angier Hoffner, Jr.
Harry Angier Hoffner, Jr. (born November 27, 1934 in Jacksonville (Florida) , † March 10, 2015 in Hilton Head Island , South Carolina ) was an American ancient orientalist specializing in Hittology .
Life
Hoffner first studied theology and classical studies at Princeton University , Dallas Theological Seminary and Brandeis University , where he finally received his doctorate in 1963. This was followed by a teaching position in Hebraistics and Biblical theology at Illinois' Wheaton College , before taking up a professorship in ancient Anatolian studies at Brandeis University a year after completing his doctorate . In 1969 he was appointed as an associate professor of Assyriology and Hittiteology at Yale , before he finally received a chair in Hittiteology at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago in 1974 . There he worked until his retirement on the Chicago Hittite Dictionary, which was founded together with Hans Gustav Güterbock and is still unfinished today .
Works
- The Laws of the Hittites . Univ. Diss. Ann Arbor 1964.
- An English-Hittite Glossary . Paris 1967.
- Alimenta Hethaeorum ( American Oriental Series 55). New Haven 1974.
- Hittite Myths . Atlanta 1990.
- The Laws of the Hittites, A Critical Edition ( Documenta et Monumenta Orientis Antiqui 23) Leiden 1997.
Web links
- CV on the homepage of the OI Chicago
- Obituary in the Chicago Tribune
- Literature by and about Harry Angier Hoffner, Jr. in the WorldCat bibliographic database
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| SURNAME | Hoffner, Harry Angier, Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ancient orientalist specializing in Hittology |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jacksonville , Florida , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 2015 |
| Place of death | Hilton Head Island , South Carolina , United States |