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Louis Cheikho | |
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Born | Rizqallâh Cheikho February 5, 1859 |
Died | December 7, 1927 | (aged 68)
Occupation(s) | Jesuit, Historian and Arabist |
Louis Cheikho (Arabic: لويس شيخو, née Rizqallâh Cheikho; born February 5, 1859 – December 7, 1927) was a Jesuit Chaldean Catholic priest, Orientalist and Theologian. He pioneered Eastern Christian and Assyrian Chaldean literary research and made major contributions to the publication of manuscript texts.