Leo Reinisch

Austrian linguistic, Egyptologist and Africanist (1832–1919)
  • linguist
  • Egyptologist
  • Africanist
  • professor
Known forConsidered the founder of Egyptology and African Studies in Austria[1]

Simon Leo Reinisch or just Leo Reinisch (26 October 1832 in Osterwitz – 24 December 1919 in Maria Lankowitz) was an Austrian linguist, Egyptologist, Africanist and professor at the University of Vienna.[1][2]

Biography

In 1854 Reinisch began studying history, philology, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic and Coptic at the University of Vienna. In 1873, the same university granted him a full professorship in Egyptian antiquity (Ägyptische Altertumskunde), the first chair for Egyptology in Austria.[1] He also worked as the personal secretary to the Kaiser in Mexico.[2]

Legacy

16 years after Reinisch's death, the Reinischgasse street in Vienna-Döbling was named after him.[1]

Publications

Reinisch has published collections of texts, grammars and dictionaries on over 20 different languages. These are some of his most important works:[1]

  • Die ägyptischen Denkmäler in Miramar, 1865. (co-written with E. Robert Roesler)
  • Die zweisprachige Inschrift von Tanis, 1866. (co-written with E. Robert Roesler)
  • Der einheitliche Ursprung der Sprachen in der Alten Welt, 1873.
  • Ägyptische Chrestomathie, 2 volumes, 1873/75.
  • Die Barea-Sprache, 1874.
  • Die Sprachen von Nordost-Afrika, 3 volumes, 1874–1879.
  • Die Sprache der Irob-Saho in Abessinien, 1878.
  • Die Nuba-Sprache, 2 volumes, 1879.
  • Die Afar-Sprache, 3 volumes, 1886–1887.
  • Die Bilin-Sprache, 2 volumes, 1887.
  • Die Kafa-Sprache in Nordost-Afrika, 2 volumes, 1888.
  • Das Zahlwort vier und neun in den Chamitisch-Semitischen Sprachen, 1890.
  • Die Saho-Sprache, 2 volumes, 1890.
  • Die Bedauye-Sprache in Nordost-Afrika, 3 volumes, 1893–1895..
  • Die Somali-Sprache, 2 volumes, 1900/02.
  • Das persönliche Fürwort und die Verbalflexion in den Chamito-Semitischen Sprachen, 1909.
  • Die sprachliche Stellung des Nuba, 1911.
  • Reinisch with his first wife Luise, 1887
    Reinisch with his first wife Luise, 1887
  • Reinisch with his servant Jusuf
    Reinisch with his servant Jusuf
  • Reinisch (on the right) with Robert Roesler
    Reinisch (on the right) with Robert Roesler
  • Reinisch with a dog
    Reinisch with a dog
  • Reinisch's Handwritten studies on hieroglyphs
    Reinisch's Handwritten studies on hieroglyphs
  • Reinisch's handwritten studies on hieroglyphs in an Egyptian royal tomb 1
    Reinisch's handwritten studies on hieroglyphs in an Egyptian royal tomb 1
  • Reinisch's handwritten studies on hieroglyphs in an Egyptian royal tomb 2
    Reinisch's handwritten studies on hieroglyphs in an Egyptian royal tomb 2
  • Reinisch's gravestone on the church wall of Maria Lankowitz
    Reinisch's gravestone on the church wall of Maria Lankowitz
  • Reinisch's Medal of Honor for his 70th birthday (from the Academy of Sciences (front)
    Reinisch's Medal of Honor for his 70th birthday (from the Academy of Sciences (front)
  • Reinisch in 1878
    Reinisch in 1878

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Leo Reinisch's biography (University of Vienna)
  2. ^ a b Rüegg, Walter (2006). A History of the University in Europe: Volume 3, Universities in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (1800-1945). Cambridge University Press. p. 446. ISBN 9780511227028.