Sayce

Sayce

Sayce is a surname, and may refer to:

*Archibald Sayce (1846-1933), British linguist and Assyriologist
*Conrad Sayce, Australian architect and author
*Lynda Sayce, British musician
*Philip Sayce (born 1976), Canadian musician


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  • Sayce — (spr. ßëß), Archibald Henry, engl. Orientalist und Sprachforscher, geb. 25. Sept. 1846 in Stirehampton (Wales), studierte in Oxford und wurde 1869 zum Fellow von Queen s College daselbst, 1876 zum Professor der vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sayce — (spr. ßehß), Archibald Henry, engl. Sprachforscher und Assyriolog, geb. 25. März 1846 zu Shirehampton, seit 1876 Prof. zu Oxford; schrieb: »Grammar of the Assyrian language« (1875), »Introduction to the science of language« (1879), »Lectures on… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sayce — This unusual and interesting name is Welsh in origin, from the Olde Welsh word sais meaning Saxon , or Englishman, and applied to English settlers in Wales and along the borders. The Saxons were a Germanic tribe who in Roman times spread from… …   Surnames reference

  • Sayce, Archibald H — ▪ British language scholar born Sept. 25, 1845, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Eng. died Feb. 4, 1933, Bath, Somerset  British language scholar whose many valuable contributions to ancient Middle Eastern linguistic research included the first… …   Universalium

  • SAYCE, ALEXANDER HENRY —    philologist, born near Bristol; has written works on the monuments of the East, bearing chiefly on Old Testament history; b. 1846 …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Sayce, Archibald Henry —    D.Litt., LL.D., etc. (b. 1846)    Orientalist and philologist, etc. Principles of Comparative Philology (1874), Babylonian Literature (1877), Monuments of the Hittites (1881), Ancient Empires of the East (1884), Races of the Old Testament… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Archibald Henry Sayce — (* 25. September 1846 in Shirehampton nahe Bristol; † 4. Februar 1933 in Bath) war englischer Orientalist und Archäologe. 1891 wurde er der erste Professor für Assyriologie in Oxford und blieb bis 1919 in dieser Stellung. Er gehört in die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Philip Sayce — (b. June 3, 1976) is a guitarist and singer from Canada.Early lifeSayce was born in Herefordshire, but family moved to Canada when he was two years old, and he grew up in Toronto. His parents, Kenneth and Sheila, listened to music by Eric Clapton …   Wikipedia

  • Archibald Sayce — The Rev. Archibald Henry Sayce (25 September 1846 4 February 1933), was a pioneer Assyriologist and linguist, who held a chair as Professor of Assyriology at the University of Oxford from 1891 to 1919.He was born in Shirehampton, Bristol, a… …   Wikipedia

  • Conrad Sayce — Conrad Harvey Sayce (1888 1935) was a British born Australian architect and author. Conrad Sayce was born in Hereford and educated in England before migrating to Australia. He practised architecture in Melbourne with Rodney Alsop and the firm of… …   Wikipedia

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