PALMER, EDWARD HENRY

PALMER, EDWARD HENRY
   Oriental scholar, born at Cambridge; had an aptitude for languages, and was especially proficient in those of the East; by his knowledge of Arabic contributed to the success of exploring expeditions to S. Palestine and Sinai; was appointed professor of Arabic at Cambridge in 1871; produced a Persian-English Dictionary, an Arabic Grammar, and a translation of the Korân, and in 1882 undertook two missions to Egypt, in the latter of which he and his party were betrayed and murdered; he was a man of varied gifts and accomplishments, and the loss in scholarship to his country by his fate is incalculable (1840-1882).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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  • Edward Henry Palmer — (* 7. August 1840 in Cambridge; † 10. August 1882 bei Khelat et Nakhl) war ein englischer Orientalist. The Desert of the Exodus (1872) Edward Henry Palmer studierte bis 1867 in Cambridge im St. John s College. Er nahm zwischen 1868 und 1869… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Edward Henry Palmer — (August 7, 1840 ndash;August 1882) was an English orientalist.Palmer was born in Cambridge as the son of a private schoolmaster. He was educated at The Perse School, and as a schoolboy showed the characteristic bent of his mind by picking up the… …   Wikipedia

  • Palmer (Familienname) — Palmer ist ein Familienname. Bekannte Namensträger Inhaltsverzeichnis A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Palmer (surname) — Palmer is a surname.Family name name = Palmer imagesize= caption= pronunciation = meaning = a pilgrim to the Holy Land, named from the palm worn to signify the journey region = England origin = Anglo Saxon related names = footnotes = [… …   Wikipedia

  • Edward Palmer — ist der Name folgender Personen: Edward Palmer (Politiker) (1809–1889), kanadischer konservativer Politiker Edward Palmer (Botaniker) (1831–1911), englisch amerikanischer Botaniker und Archäologe Edward Palmer (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler) (*… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — Longfellow in 1868 by Julia Margaret Cameron Born February 27, 1807(1807 02 27) Portland, Maine, United States Died …   Wikipedia

  • Palmer [3] — Palmer (spr. pāmer), 1) Erastus Dow, amerikan. Bildhauer, geb. 2. April 1817 zu Pompey im Staate New York, gest. 1904, wohnte meist in Albany (N. Y.). Seine bekanntesten Werke sind: Ceres als Kind, Morgen und Abend, der gefesselte Friede, der… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Palmer — (spr. pahmĕr), Edward Henry, Orientalist, geb. 7. Aug. 1840 in Cambridge, bereiste 1868 69 und 1869 70 Arabien (»The desert of the Exodus«, 1871; deutsch 1876), seit 1871 Prof. des Arabischen in Cambridge, ging 1882 nach Ägypten, Okt. 1882 in der …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Edward Palmer (disambiguation) — There are several people named Edward Palmer: * Edward Palmer (socialist) (1802 1886), an American religious socialist * Edward Palmer (1809 1889), a Canadian politician * Edward Palmer (botanist) (1829 1911), a British botanist and early… …   Wikipedia

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