Carl Ferdinand Friedrich Lehmann-Haupt (11 March 1861,

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– 24 July 1938, Innsbruck) was a German orientalist and

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. He specialized in Urartian research, and was co-author of ''Corpus Inscriptionum Chaldicarum'', a

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of Urartian inscriptions. After receiving a degree in law at the

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(1883), his focus turned to the history of ancient cultures — about which, he obtained a second doctorate from the

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(1886). Afterwards, he served as a research assistant in the

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department at the Royal Museums of Berlin. In 1893 he obtained his habilitation and started work as a lecturer in ancient history. During his time spent at Berlin, his influences were

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Friedrich Delitzsch Friedrich Delitzsch (; 3 September 1850 – 19 December 1922) was a German Assyriologist. He was the son of Lutheran theologian Franz Delitzsch (1813–1890). Born in Erlangen, he studied in Leipzig and Berlin, gaining his habilitation in 1874 as ...

and

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.Lorenz, Günther, "Carl Lehmann-Haupt"
in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 14 (1985), S. 98-99. In 1898/99 he took part on an expedition to

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, where he performed extensive studies of Urartian inscriptions. In 1901 he was named an associate professor of ancient history at the University of Berlin. He later travelled to England, where in 1911 he became a professor of Greek history at the

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, followed by an appointment as a representative to the chair of ancient history at the

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(1913/14). In 1915/16 he was a professor of ancient history at the

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. In 1918 he relocated to Innsbruck, where he taught classes until 1935.University of Innsbruck
Institute of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies (biographical sketch) In 1901 he became the first editor of ''Klio. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte'', a journal of ancient history that he continued to edit until 1936.

Selected works

* "De inscriptionibus cuneatis quae pertinent ad šamaš-šum-ukin regis Babyloniae regni initia", Berlin (dissertation), 1886. * "Über protobabylonische Zahlwörter," in ''Zeitschrift für Assyriologie'' I, 222-228, 1886 – On Proto-Babylonian

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. * ''Ein Siegel-Zylinder König Bur-Sin's von Isin''. Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft, II, 589-621, 1893 –

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of King

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. * ''Materialien zur älteren geschichte Armeniens und Mesopotamiens'', 1907 (with

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) – Material for the early history of Armenia and

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. * ''Armenien einst und jetzt: Vom Kaukasus zum Tigris und nach Tigranokerta'', 1910 – Armenia past and present, volume I: From the

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to the

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and

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. * ''Die historische Semiramis und ihre Zeit''. Vortrag der Deutschen Orientgesellschaft zu Berlin am 6. Februar 1910, mit 50 Abb., 76 Seiten, 1910 – The historic

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and their era. * ''Israel: seine Entwicklung im Rahmen der Weltgeschichte'', 1911 –

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: its development in the context of world history. * "Das urartäisch-chaldische Herrscherhaus," in: ''Zeitschrift für Assyriologie'' XXXIII, 27-51, 1921. – The Urartian-Chaldean dynasty. * "Corpus Inscriptionum Chaldicarum", Berlin: (with Felix Bagel and

Fritz Schachermeyr Fritz Schachermeyr (1895 – 1987, also ''Schachermeyer'') was an Austrian historian, professor at the University of Vienna from 1952 until retirement. Schachermeyr was born in Linz, and studied in Graz, Berlin and Innsbruck. At Innsbruck, he wa ...

), 1928 and 1935.WorldCat Identities
Most widely held works by Ferdinand Friedrich Carl Lehmann-Haupt

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lehmann-Haupt, Carl Ferdinand Friedrich 1861 births 1938 deaths Writers from Hamburg German orientalists Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Academic staff of the University of Innsbruck German male non-fiction writers