Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (born 1846)

Archibald Sayce

British Assyriologist and linguist (born 1845)

Archibald Henry Sayce FRAS was a pioneer British Assyriologist and linguist, who held a chair as Professor of Assyriology at the University of Oxford from 1891 to 1919. He was able to write in at least twenty ancient and modern languages, and was known for his emphasis on the…