Jan Assmann
Johann Christoph "Jan" Assmann was a German Egyptologist, cultural historian, and religion scholar.
Background
- Born in
- Langelsheim
- Educated at
- Heidelberg UniversityUniversity of Lübeck
- Awards
- 🏆 Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association🏆 Sigmund Freud Prize🏆 Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon🏆 Balzan Prize🏆 Alfried-Krupp Science Prize
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Friederike Seyfried
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1938
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Birth2024
Died
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