Anson Rainey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anson Rainey

American historian

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1930

Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 19-Feb-2011

Profession: writer, historian, pedagogue, archaeologist, anthropologist, linguist, assyriologist

Nationality: United States, Israel

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Anson Frank Rainey (January 11, 1930 – February 19, 2011) was Professor Emeritus of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures and Semitic Linguistics at Tel Aviv University.
He is known in particular for contributions to the study of the Amarna tablets, the noted administrative letters from the period of Pharaoh Akhenaten's rule during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt.
He authored and edited books and articles on the cultures, languages and geography of the Biblical lands.