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Heinrich Thorbecke

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Heinrich Thorbecke.

Andreas Heinrich Thorbecke (14 March 1837 in Meiningen – 3 January 1890 in Mannheim) was a German Arabic scholar. His studies were dedicated mainly to the poetry of the Bedouin and the history of Arabic.

Biography

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He studied at the universities of Munich and Leipzig, where he was a pupil of Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer. In 1873 he was appointed an associate professor at the University of Heidelberg, then relocated to Halle in 1885, where he attained a full professorship in 1887.[1]

Works

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  • Antarah, ein vorislamitischer Dichter (Life of Antarah, the Pre-Islamite Poet, 1867).
  • Al-Harīri's Durrat-al-gawwas (1871); edition of Al-Hariri.
  • Al-A'schā's Lobgedicht auf Mahammed (Al Ashâ's Song of Praise to Mohammed, 1875)
  • Ibn Duraid's Kitāb al-malāhin (1882); edition of Ibn Duraid.
  • Die Mufad-dali-jāt (The Mufaddaaliyyat, 1885).
  • Mihail Sabbag's Grammatik der arabischen Umgangssprache in Syrien und Aegypten (M. Sabbâg's Grammar of Conversational Arabic in Syria and Egypt, 1886).

References

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  • Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Thorbecke, Heinrich" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  • Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Thorbecke, Heinrich" . Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company. This source gives 1887 as the date of his appointment to Halle and doesn't mention Heidelberg.
  1. ^ Thorbecke, Andreas Heinrich at Neue Deutsche Biographie
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