About Leonard William King
Leonard William King was an English archaeologist and Assyriologist.
Biographical details
Basic information
| person Full name | Leonard William King |
| cake Date of birth | December 8, 1869 |
| event_busy Date of death | August 20, 1919 |
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| Name | King, Leonard William |
| Dates (life) | 8 December 1869 - 20 August 1919 |
| Specialization | Assyriology |
Top works
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| The Seven Tablets of Creation / Vol. I., English Translations, etc. | The Seven Tablets of Creation / Vol. II., Supplementary Texts | |
| Book | Book | |
| 1902 | 1902 | |
| Author | Author | |
| More info | More info |
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| CDLI:Wiki ID | king_leonard_william |
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| Name | King, Leonard William |
| Dates (life) | 8 December 1869 - 20 August 1919 |
| Birthplace | London |
| Specialization | Assyriology |
| Major works | Babylonian Magic and Sorcery, London 1896 CT 1, 3, 5, 7, 9-10, 13, 15, 21, 24-26, 29, 32-34 (1896-1914) The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi, London 1898 Babylonian Religion and Mithology, London 1899 Assyrian Language, London 1901 Annals of the Kings of Assyria, London 1902 (with E.A.W. Budge) The Seven Tablets of Creation, London 1902 Records of the Reign of Tukulti-Ninib I, London 1904 The Sculptures and Inscription of Darius the Great on the Rock of Behistun in Persia, London 1907 (with R.C. Thompson) Chronicles Concerning Early Babylonian Kings, London 1907 Babylonian Boundary-Stones and Memorial Tablets in the British Museum, London 1912 Catalogue of Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum, Supplement, London 1914 Bronze Reliefs from the Gates of Shalmaneser, London 1915 Hittite Texts in the British Museum, London 1920 |
| Remarks | Second Class Assistant, Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum, 1892- First Class Assistant, 1905- Assistant Keeper, 1913- Lecturer in Assyrian, University of London, 1910-1915 Professor of Assyrian and Babylonian Archaeology, University of London, 1915- Excavated at Nineveh for the British Museum, 1903-1904 Biographies: E.A.W. Budge, The Rise and Progress of Assyriology (1925) 174-178; R.C. Thompson, A Century of Exploration at Nineveh (1929) 58-66; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry |
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====== King, Leonard William ======
== Name ==
King, Leonard William
== Dates ==
8 December 1869 - 20 August 1919
== Birthplace ==
London
== Specialization ==
Assyriology
== Major works ==
Babylonian Magic and Sorcery, London 1896 CT 1, 3, 5, 7, 9-10, 13, 15, 21, 24-26, 29, 32-34 (1896-1914) The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi, London 1898 Babylonian Religion and Mithology, London 1899 Assyrian Language, London 1901 Annals of the Kings of Assyria, London 1902 (with E.A.W. Budge) The Seven Tablets of Creation, London 1902 Records of the Reign of Tukulti-Ninib I, London 1904 The Sculptures and Inscription of Darius the Great on the Rock of Behistun in Persia, London 1907 (with R.C. Thompson) Chronicles Concerning Early Babylonian Kings, London 1907 Babylonian Boundary-Stones and Memorial Tablets in the British Museum, London 1912 Catalogue of Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum, Supplement, London 1914 Bronze Reliefs from the Gates of Shalmaneser, London 1915 Hittite Texts in the British Museum, London 1920
== Remarks ==
Second Class Assistant, Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum, 1892- First Class Assistant, 1905- Assistant Keeper, 1913- Lecturer in Assyrian, University of London, 1910-1915 Professor of Assyrian and Babylonian Archaeology, University of London, 1915- Excavated at Nineveh for the British Museum, 1903-1904
\\ Biographies: E.A.W. Budge, The Rise and Progress of Assyriology (1925) 174-178; R.C. Thompson, A Century of Exploration at Nineveh (1929) 58-66; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/70595|entry]]
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| Retrieval date | Apr. 19, 2020 |
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Bibliography
King, Leonard W. The Seven Tablets of Creation, or the Babylonian and Assyrian legends concerning the creation of the world and of mankind. Vol. I, English Translations. Vol. 12, Luzac's Semitic Text & Translation Series. London, England: Luzac & Co., 1902.
King, Leonard W. The Seven Tablets of Creation, or the Babylonian and Assyrian legends concerning the creation of the world and of mankind. Vol. II, Supplementary Texts. Vol. 13, Luzac's Semitic Text & Translation Series. London, England: Luzac & Co., 1902.
