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Bedřich Hrozný
1879May, 6

Bedřich Hrozný

Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952)
Bedřich (Friedrich) Hrozný (Czech: [ˈbɛdr̝ɪx ˈɦrozniː] (listen); 6 May 1879 – 12 December 1952) was a Czech orientalist and linguist. He contributed to the decipherment of the ancient Hittite language, identified it as an Indo-European language and laid the groundwork for the development of Hittitology.

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