====== Heidel, Alexander ======

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== Name ==
Heidel, Alexander

== Dates ==
4 February 1907 - 19 June 1955

== Birthplace ==
Entre Rios, Argentina

== Specialization ==
Assyriology

== Major works ==
The System of the Quadriliteral Verb in Akkadian, Chicago 1940 The Babylonian Genesis, Chicago 1942 (1951 2nd ed.) The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels, Chicago 1949 (2nd ed.)

== Remarks ==
Staff of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary Project of the Oriental Institute, 1932- Assistant Professor of Assyriology, University of Chicago

== Obituaries ==
AfO 17 (1954-1956) 489-490 (E. Weidner), with photo