Edward Hincks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edward Hincks

Irish Assyriologist

Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1792

Place of Birth: Cork, Munster, Ireland

Date of Death: 03-Dec-1866

Profession: archaeologist, philologist, assyriologist

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Leo

The Reverend Edward Hincks (19 August 1792 – 3 December 1866) M.A., D.D., was an Anglo-Irish clergyman, best remembered as an Assyriologist and one of the decipherers of Mesopotamian cuneiform.
He was one of the three men known as the "holy trinity of cuneiform", with Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson and Jules Oppert.