William Wright (missionary)
William Wright (15 January 1837 – 31 July 1899) was an Irish missionary in Damascus and the author of The Empire of the Hittites (1884), which introduced the history of the recently discovered Hittite civilization to the general public.[1]
Publications
- The Empire Of The Hittites, with the Decipherment of the Hittite Inscriptions by Professor A. H. Sayce[2]
- The Brontes in Ireland
- An Account Of Palmyra And Zenobia: With Travels And Adventures In Bashan And The Desert
References
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati63stepuoft#page/138/mode/2up
- ^ Uncovering the Past: A History of Archaeology. Oxford University Press. 1993. p. 114. ISBN 9780195089219. OCLC 1014620260. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019 – via Index.
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