Editing Archibald Sayce (section)

{{Short description|British Assyriologist and linguist (born 1845)}}
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| name = Archibald Sayce
| honorific_suffix = [[Fellows of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|FRAS]]
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| caption = Sayce in 1911
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| birth_name = Archibald Henry Sayce
| birth_date = {{birth date |df=yes|1845|09|25}}
| birth_place = [[Shirehampton]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1933|02|04|1845|09|25}}
| death_place = [[Bath, Somerset]], England
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| occupation = Assyriologist and linguist
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| education = Grosvenor College, Bath; [[The Queen's College, Oxford]]
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| discipline = [[Assyriology]]; [[Linguistics]]
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| workplaces = [[University of Oxford]]
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'''Archibald Henry Sayce''' {{Small|[[Fellows of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|FRAS]]}} (25 September 1845{{snd}}4 February 1933) was a pioneer British [[Assyriology|Assyriologist]] and [[linguistics|linguist]], who held a chair as Professor of Assyriology at the [[University of Oxford]] from 1891 to 1919.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100443899 "Archibald Henry Sayce"], ''The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church'', oxfordreference.com. Retrieved on 17 April 2017.</ref> He was able to write in at least twenty ancient and modern languages,<ref name="ODNB"/> and was known for his emphasis on the importance of archaeological and monumental evidence in linguistic research.<ref name ="PEQobit">{{cite journal
 | title = The Late Dr. Archibald Henry Sayce, 1845-1933
 | journal = Palestine Exploration Quarterly 
 | volume = 65
 | issue = 2
 | date = 1933
 | pages = 59–61
 | doi = 10.1179/peq.1933.65.2.59
 }}</ref> He was a contributor to articles in the 9th, 10th and 11th editions of the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''.<ref name="1902en">[http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/contributors.html Important Contributors to the ''Britannica'', 9th and 10th Editions], 1902encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 17 April 2017.</ref>