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Hans Jakob Polotsky

Israeli academic (1905-1991).

Born September 13th, 1905 in Zurich.

Died August 10th, 1991 at 85 years old in Jerusalem.

Occupations
archaeologist, egyptologist, linguist, orientalist, university teacher

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci