Jozef Antoon Leo Maria Vergote (16 March 1910 – 8 January 1992) was a

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Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , ''-logia''; ) is the scientific study of ancient Egypt. The topics studied include ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end ...

and

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. He was born on 16 March 1910 in

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, Belgium. He received his doctorate degree in classical philology and oriental languages in 1932 from the

Catholic University of Leuven University of Leuven or University of Louvain (; ) may refer to: * Old University of Leuven (1425–1797) * State University of Leuven (1817–1835) * Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) * Katholieke Universiteit Leuven or KU Leuven (1968 ...

. He continued his studies in

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, and in

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(1934–1937), where he worked under

Kurt Heinrich Sethe Kurt Heinrich Sethe (30 September 1869 – 6 July 1934) was a German Egyptologist and philologist from Berlin. He was a student of Adolf Erman. Sethe collected numerous texts from Egypt during his visits there and edited the '' Urkunden d ...

Hermann Grapow Hermann Grapow (1 September 1885 in Rostock – 24 August 1967 in Berlin) was a German Egyptologist and professor who published together with Adolf Erman the '' Dictionary of the Egyptian Language''. He studied Egyptology at Humboldt University ...

, and Rudolph Anthes. He taught Coptic and ancient

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at the Catholic University of Leuven from 1938 until his retirement in 1978. He was the editor of ''Orientalia Lovaniensia Periodica''. His publications include ''Joseph en Égypte'' (1959), ''Toutankhamon dans les archives hittites'' (1961), and ''Grammaire copte'' (1973–1983).Werner Vycichl (1980). Review: ''Grammaire copte. T. I a: Partie synchronique. T. I b: Partie diachronique. Introd., phonétique et phonologie. Morphologie synthématique (structure des sémantemes)'' by J

zef Zef () is a South African counterculture, counter-culture movement. Kyle Hans Brockmann has compared zef counter-culture to many similar anarchic Subculture, sub-cultures in the northern hemisphere. Etymology Yolandi Visser of Die Antwoord said ...

Vergote. ''

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft The ''Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft'' () is a peer-reviewed academic journal An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which Scholarly method, scholarship relatin ...

'' 130 (3): 632–33 He died in

Heverlee Heverlee () is a sub-municipality of the city of Leuven located in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Leuven. According to the official websit ...

, Belgium on 8 January 1992.

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