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J. T. Hooker (1931–1991)

Author of Reading the Past: Ancient Writing from Cuneiform to the Alphabet

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Includes the names: J. T. Hooker, James T. Hooker

Works by J. T. Hooker

Reading the Past: Ancient Writing from Cuneiform to the Alphabet (0019) — Introduction; Author — 208 copies

Linear B: An Introduction (1980) 38 copies

The Ancient Spartans (1980) 14 copies

Mycenaean Greece (1976) 13 copies

The Coming of the Greeks (1999) 5 copies

Studying the script 1 copy

Lendo O Passado 1 copy

Rare J T Hooker / THE ANCIENT SPARTANS 1st Edition 1980 1 copy

Scripta Minora: Selected Essays on Minoan, Mycenaean, Homeric and Classical Greek Subjects (1996) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Greek World (1997) — Contributor — 64 copies

Classical Sparta: Techniques Behind Her Success (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture) (1989) — Contributor — 14 copies

Studies in diachronic, synchronic, and typological linguistics : festschrift for Oswald Szemerényi on the occasion of… (1979) — Contributor — 6 copies

American Indian and Indoeuropean Studies: Papers in Honor of Madison S. Beeler (1980) — Contributor — 6 copies

Historical philology : Greek, Latin, and Romance : papers in honor of Oswald Szemerényi II (1992) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Hooker, James Thomas
Birthdate: 1931-03-18
Date of death: 1991-12-07
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Occupations: classicist
Relationships: Owens, Gareth Alun (Elève)
Organizations: University College London

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Statistics

Works: 9
Also by: 5
Members: 282
Popularity: #82,539
Rating: 3.8

ISBNs: 21
Languages: 3

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