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American Oriental Society: Centenary of Benno Landsberger

"Commemoration of the Centenary of Benno Landsberger (1890-1968), a scholar who made a seminal contribution to Assyriology and to the reconstruction of Mesopotamian history and culture. He was born in Austrian Silesia, studied in Leipzig(Germany) and held a position there until dismissed by the Nazi for being Jewish. He held a post in Ankara during the war and came to Chicago in 1945."

Author(s):  Civil, Miguel; Güterbock, Hans Gustav, 1908-2000; Jacobsen, Thorkild, 1904-1993; Kilmer, Anne Draffkorn; Merzbacher, Eugen; Sasson, Jack M.
URL:  http://discoverarchive.vanderbilt.edu/xmlui/handle/1803/4342
Publisher:  American Oriental Society, Jack Sasson
Permalink: http://etana.library.vanderbilt.edu/node/12027
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