Harry Angier Hoffner Jr. (November 27, 1934 – March 10, 2015[1]) was an American professor of Hittitology.
[2][3] His first teaching post was at Illinois' Wheaton College, where he taught Hebrew and Biblical studies from 1963 to 1964.
Hoffner returned to Brandeis in 1964, teaching ancient Near Eastern languages as an assistant professor of Anatolian studies.
[2] Hoffner continued teaching and serving as executive editor of the Chicago Hittite Dictionary until his retirement in 2000.
He finished his career as the John A. Wilson Professor of Hittitology Emeritus, and also served as the senior editor of the Chicago Hittite Dictionary,[4] which he co-founded with Hans Gustav Güterbock in 1976.