Wolfram von Soden
German Assyriologist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Wolfram Theodor Hermann Freiherr von Soden was a German Assyriologist of the post–World War II era. Life and Work Born in Berlin, Wolfram von Soden was a student of the ancient Semitic languages. He studied under the Jewish Assyriologist, Benno Landsberger at Leipzig. He received his doctorate in 1931 at the age of 23. The title of his dissertation is Der hymnisch-epische Dialekt des Akkadischen . In 1936, he was appointed as Professor of Assyriology and Arabic studies, a new position at the University of Göttingen. After his mentor Landsberger was forced to leave Germany due to the racial policy of Nazi Germany, von Soden joined the Sturmabteilung in 1934. He was a radical German nationalist and joined the NSDAP in 1937.
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