Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn
Encyclopedia
Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn, also cited as Boris Andreevich Dorn (April 29, 1805 in Scheierfeld, Saxe-Coburg
, Germany
– May 19, 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia
) was a German orientalist
.
Dorn specialized in the history and languages of Iran
, Russia
, and Afghanistan
.
At Leipzig University
he was a Private Senior Lecturer. 1827 he became Head of the Department of Oriental Languages at Kharkov University and 1835 Professor of history and geography at the Foreign Ministry Institute of Oriental Languages. He taught Sanskrit and Pashtu at St. Petersburg University. In (1835 he became Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
, and 1839 he was Adjunct for Oriental Languages , Extraordinary Member of the Academy in History and Philology in 1852.
He was appointed Director of the Asian Museum in 1842 and Director of the Ethnographic Museum in 1855.
Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Coburg was a duchy held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in today's Bavaria, Germany.After the Division of Erfurt in 1572, Coburg was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, ruled by the Ernestine duke John Casimir jointly with his brother John Ernest. In 1596...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
– May 19, 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) 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...
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Dorn specialized in the history and languages of Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, and Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
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At Leipzig University
University of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
he was a Private Senior Lecturer. 1827 he became Head of the Department of Oriental Languages at Kharkov University and 1835 Professor of history and geography at the Foreign Ministry Institute of Oriental Languages. He taught Sanskrit and Pashtu at St. Petersburg University. In (1835 he became Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
, and 1839 he was Adjunct for Oriental Languages , Extraordinary Member of the Academy in History and Philology in 1852.
He was appointed Director of the Asian Museum in 1842 and Director of the Ethnographic Museum in 1855.
Literature
- Abaschnik, Vladimir Alekseevic, Johann Albrecht Bernhard Dorn (1805–1881) aus Coburg als Professor der Orientalistik in Charkow und Sankt Petersburg, in: Coburger Geschichtsblaetter. Hg. von der Historischen Gesellschaft Coburg e.V. – 2004. – Heft 1–2 (Januar–Juni), S. 26-39.