Henry William Frederick Saggs
Henry William Frederick Saggs (born December 2, 1920 in Essex , † August 31, 2005 ) was a British Assyriologist from East Anglia .
Saggs attended Clacton County High School in Essex and studied theology at King's College London from 1939 to 1942 . In 1942 he joined the Air Force. He was wounded in a crash in Invergordon . In 1947 he worked for the police in the British Mandate Palestine . From 1948 he studied theology at King's College. In 1949 he married and had four daughters. In 1953 he graduated from SOAS in Assyriology .
Digs
- 1952 Cuneiform expert in Max Mallowan's excavation in Nimrud , Iraq. Subsequently (2001) he edited the Nimrud letters, the correspondence of the Assyrian kings Tiglath-pileser , Shalmaneser V and Sargon II .
- 1965 cuneiform expert in the excavation of David Oates in Tell al-Rimah .
Teaching
- 1966–1983 Professor of Semitic Languages at University College Cardiff .
- 1965 University of Mosul .
Works
- The Greatness that was Babylon (1962)
- Everyday Life in Babylonia and Assyria (1965).
- The Encounter with the Divine in Mesopotamia and Israel (1978).
- The Might That Was Assyria (1984)
- Civilization before Greece and Rome (1989)
- Babylonians (1995).
Memberships
Web links
- Literature by and about Henry William Frederick Saggs in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://www.christiansofiraq.com/saggs10105.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saggs, Henry William Frederick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Assyriologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Essex , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 2005 |