lepsius, karl richard (1810-1884), German Egyptologist. He was born at Naumburg an der Saale and educated at the universities of Leipzig, Göttingen, and Berlin, where he continued his studies of archaeology and Egyptology. His efforts in the field of Coptology were very limited and confined to a few minor works, listed in A Coptic Bibliography (Kammerer, 1950, 1969). He died in Berlin.
Lepsius, Karl Richard
By Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988
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- Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988
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- 1444a–1444b
- Original
- Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia
Bibliography
Dawson, W. R., and E. P. Uphill. Who Was Who in Egyptology. London, 1972. Kammerer, W., comp. A Coptic Bibliography. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1950; repr. New York, 1969. AZIZ S. ATIYA