Peter le Page Renouf
Peter le Page Renouf (born August 23, 1822 on the island of Guernsey , † October 14, 1897 in London ) was a British Egyptologist .
Renouf studied at Oxford and later became Professor of Oriental Languages and Ancient History at the Catholic University of Dublin . Since the death of Samuel Birch in 1886, Renouf was President of the Society of Biblical Archeology and Director of the Oriental Collections of the British Museum in London. He resigned from running the museum in 1892.
Renouf worked in particular on problems of ancient Egyptian philology and the history of religion .
Peter le Page Renouf died in London on October 14, 1897.
Works
- Traduction d'un chapitre (72) du rituel funéraire des anciens Egyptiens. Aschaffenburg 1860.
- A prayer from the Egyptian Ritual . Dublin 1862.
- Miscellaneous notes on Egyptian philology. London 1865.
- An elementary grammar of the ancient Egyptian language in the Hieroglyphic type . London 1875.
- Lectures on the origin and growth of religion of ancient Egypt. London 1880.
- The condemnation of Pope Honorius . 1868.
- The case of Pope Honorius reconsidered, Göttingen 1869.
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| SURNAME | Renouf, Peter le Page |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Le Page Renouf, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Egyptologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23 August 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | on the island of Guernsey |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1897 |
| Place of death | London |