Edward Hincks
(1792-1866)

Died aged c. 74

Edward Hincks (19 August 1792 – 3 December 1866) was an Irish clergyman, best remembered as an Assyriologist and one of the decipherers of Mesopotamian cuneiform. He was one of the three men known as the "holy trinity of cuneiform", with Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson and Jules Oppert.

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The Orientalist Edward Hincks 1792-1866 was rector of Killyleagh 1825-1866

The Church of St John the Evangelist, Killyleagh, United Kingdom where they rector (1825-1866)