Pfeiffer, Robert H. 1892-1958

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
פפיפר, רוברט ה.
Name (Latin)
Pfeiffer, Robert H. 1892-1958
Other forms of name
Pfeiffer, R. H. (Robert Henry), 1892-1958
Pfeiffer, Robert Henry, 1892-1958
Date of birth
1892
Date of death
1958
Occupation
Biblical scholars
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 52548358
Wikidata: Q16773629
Library of congress: n 79066510
Sources of Information
  • Excavations at Nuzi,1929.
  • HIstory of New Testament times with an introduction to the Apocrypha, c1949 :title page (Robert H. Pfeiffer, Harvard University and Boston University) back cover (author referred to with a masculine pronoun)
  • OCLC, Nov. 13, 2014(hdg.: Pfeiffer, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1892-1958; usage: Robert H. Pfeiffer, R.H. Pfeiffer)
  • Harvard University. Semitia Museum.Excavations at ...
  • LCN & OCALC: Pfeiffer, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1892-1958

Wikipedia description:

Robert Henry Pfeiffer (1892–1958) was a professor, museum curator, and Assyriologist. After serving as a Methodist pastor from 1916 to 1919 in Sanborn, New York, Pfeiffer taught at Harvard University beginning in 1922. He earned his M.A. in 1920 and Ph.D. in 1922 and, the following year, he also earned a Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M.) from Harvard. He directed the Harvard-Baghdad School excavations at Nuzi, Iraq (from 1928). In 1930, he was appointed as an assistant professor. He also served as a professor at the School of Theology of Boston University. From 1931, he served as curator of the Harvard Semitic Museum.

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