George Stephen Goodspeed
George Stephen Goodspeed (1860 - 1905) was an American historian and author.
He specialized in Assyriology and Sumerian history
Life
He was born on 14 January 1860 in Janusville, Wisconsin.[1]
His son Thomas Harper Goodspeed went on to become a botanist.
He died in 1905.
Career
He graduated from Brown University in 1880.[2]
He briefly taught at the University of Chicago.[3] He was a contemporary of James Henry Breasted. He was a regular contributor to the Biblical World magazine.[4]
He is notable for being the first person to introduce the term Crescent of Civilization which is now widely used to describe Mesopotamia,
Bibliography
- A History of the Babylonians and Assyrians
- Israel's Messianic Hope
- A History of the Ancient World
- The world's first parliament of religions : its Christian spirit, historic greatness and manifold results
- Atonement in non-Christian religions
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