Friedrich Dieterici
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Friedrich Heinrich Dieterici (6 July 1821 Berlin
- 18 August 1903 Berlin
) was a German orientalist
and historian
.
, traveled extensively in the East, and in 1856 was appointed professor of Semitic literature in the University of Berlin
. He won particular distinction by his researches in the Arabic language and literature. The long list of his published works include: Alfiyyah Carmen Grammaticum Auctore Ibn Malik cum Commentario Ibn Akil (1851); Mutanabii Carmina cum Commentario Wahidii (1858); Die Philosophie der Araber im neunten und zehnten Jahrhundert nach Christus (1876); and Die Abhandlungen der Ichwȧn Es-Safȧ in Auswahl (1883-1886).
Berlin
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- 18 August 1903 Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
) was a German orientalist
Oriental studies
Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies...
and historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
.
Biography
He studied at the universities of Halle and BerlinHumboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
, traveled extensively in the East, and in 1856 was appointed professor of Semitic literature in the University of Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
. He won particular distinction by his researches in the Arabic language and literature. The long list of his published works include: Alfiyyah Carmen Grammaticum Auctore Ibn Malik cum Commentario Ibn Akil (1851); Mutanabii Carmina cum Commentario Wahidii (1858); Die Philosophie der Araber im neunten und zehnten Jahrhundert nach Christus (1876); and Die Abhandlungen der Ichwȧn Es-Safȧ in Auswahl (1883-1886).