Henry George Fischer (1923–2006)
Author of Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy : A Beginner's Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs
About the Author
Image credit: Henry George Fischer [credit: The New Foramlist Press]
Series
Works by Henry George Fischer
Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy : A Beginner's Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs (1979) 109 copies, 2 reviews
Treasures of Egyptian art from the Cairo Museum; a centennial exhibition, 1970-71 (1970) 72 copies, 1 review
Ancient Egypt in the Metropolitan Museum journal, volumes 1-11 (1968-1976) : articles (1977) 4 copies
Egyptian Titles of the Middle Kingdom Suppliment to Wm. Ward's Index, Parts I-III; corrections and comments (1985) 2 copies
Egyptian studies. 1, Varia 1 copy
L'écriture et l'art de l'Égypte ancienne: quatre leçons sur la paléographie et l'épigraphie pharaoniques (1986) 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Fischer, H. G.
- Birthdate
- 1923-05-10
- Date of death
- 2006-01-11
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania - Occupations
- museum curator
Egyptologist
poet - Organizations
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
American University of Beirut
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Sherman, Connecticut, USA
Newtown, Pennsylvania, USA - Place of death
- Newtown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Pennsylvania, USA
Members
Reviews
A guide to drawing Egyptian hieroglyphs by hand. Rather scholarly, in a sense written for the scholar.
DJ has some issues, but VG overall
Treasures of Egyptian art from the Cairo Museum: A Centennial Exhibition, 1970-71 by Edward Lee Bockman Terrace
Exhibition Catalog produced by Thames and Hudson, London. Heavy, oversized. Many plates, eight in color.
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Statistics
- Works
- 19
- Members
- 242
- Popularity
- #93,892
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 24
- Languages
- 1
