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Ignace Gelb

American historian (1907-1985).

Born October 14th, 1907 in Tarnów. [ref]

Died December 22nd, 1985 at 78 years old in Chicago. [ref]

Occupations
anthropologist, archaeologist, assyriologist, historian, linguist
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine