Bedřich Hrozný, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bedřich Hrozný

Czech archeologist, linguist and orientalist

Date of Birth: 06-May-1879

Place of Birth: Lysá nad Labem, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 12-Dec-1952

Profession: writer, pedagogue, university teacher, orientalist, archaeologist, Hittitologist, assyriologist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Bedrich (Friedrich) Hrozný (Czech: ['b?dr??x '?rozni?] (listen); May 6, 1879 – December 12, 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.