František Lexa
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Portrait of Frantisek Lexa
František Lexa (1876-1960) was a Czechoslovakian Egyptologist. Lexa began his career as a secondary school teacher.[1] Having learnt the Egyptian language by himself,[1] he became the first person to translate and publish Egyptian texts into Czech in 1905.[2] Lexa spent the rest of his career at Charles University in Prague, first as a private senior lecturer of Egyptology in 1919, then an associate professor in 1922, then Czechoslovakia's first Professor for Egyptology in 1927, and finally the first director of the in 1958.[2][3] Lexa's students included Jaroslav Černý and Zbyněk Žába.[3]
Works[]
- Papyrus Insinger (in French, Librairie orientaliste: P. Geuthner, Paris; 1926)
- Výbor z mladší a starší literatury staroegyptské
- Náboženská literatura staroegyptská
- Staroegyptské čarodějnictví
- Obecné mravní nauky staroegyptské
- Grammaire démotique
- Veřejný život ve starém Egyptě
Further reading[]
- František Lexa: The Founder of Czech Egyptology. Prague: Charles University. 1989.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The Czech Institute of Egyptology Celebrates its 50th Anniversary". Portal of Prague. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Significant dates in the history of Czech egyptology". Czech Institute of Egyptology. 2005-06-20. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Unearthing Ancient Egypt" (PDF). Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
Categories:
- 1876 births
- 1960 deaths
- Czech Egyptologists
- Burials at Olšany Cemetery