PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

"The American Oriental Society is the oldest learned society in the United States devoted to a particular field of scholarship. The Society was founded in 1842, preceded only by such distinguished organizations of general scope as the American Philosophical Society (1743), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1780), and the American Antiquarian Society (1812)."

Founding Date:
1842

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William Foxwell Albright	Archaeologist	24-May-1891	19-Sep-1971	Biblical archaeologist at Johns Hopkins
Gerald A. Larue	Scholar	?		The Way of Positive Humanism

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