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Ernst Hammerschmidt.
Austrian scholar of Ethiopia and theologian (1928–1993)
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About Ernst Hammerschmidt
Ernst Eduard Maria Hammerschmidt was a scholar of Ethiopia as well as Ethiopian Christianity. From 1970 to 1990 he was professor for African languages and cultures at the University of Hamburg, specializing in Ethiopian studies: history, culture, religion, and classical Ethiopic literature. He also spent much of his life as a priest in the Old Catholic Church of Austria, and served as coadjutor bishop from 1991 to 1993.
Everything about Ernst Hammerschmidt →- Occupation
- theologian, university teacher, orientalist, Ethiopist
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Born
- April 29, 1928
- Died
- December 16, 1993