Albert T. Olmstead

Albert Ten Eyck Olmstead (March 23, 1880 – April 11, 1945) was an American historian and academic, who specialized in Assyriology.[1]

Life

He was born in 1880 in New York.[2]

He died in 1945 in Chicago.[2]

Career

He was Professor of Oriental History at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.[2]

Bibliography

His notable books include:[3]

  • History of the Persian Empire
  • Western Asia in the Days of Sargon of Assyria
  • History of Palestine and Syria to the Macedonian Conquest
  • The New Arab Kingdom and the Fate of the Muslim World
  • The Greek Genesis

References

  1. ↑ John A. Wilson: Albert Ten Eyck Olmstead, 1880–1945. In: Journal of Near Eastern Studies. Vol. 5 (1946), No. 1 (Albert Ten Eyck Olmstead Memorial Issue), S. 1–6 (Digitalisat in JSTOR).
  2. 1 2 3 "History of Assyria - The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago". oi.uchicago.edu.
  3. ↑
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