Lane, Edward William, c 1843-1847
Scope and Contents
Portrait of Edward William Lane. Caption: "Edward William Lane 1801-1876 (Arabic Scholar)". From an exhibition caption: "Edward William Lane 1801-1876 Arabic scholar Adopted Arabic dress and mannerisms Calotype print, Circa 1843-1847".
Dates
- Creation: c 1843-1847
Creator
- From the Collection: Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870 (Painter and Photographer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 (Photographer and Engineer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Elliot, Andrew, 1830-1922 ("Senior"; bookseller and publisher) (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
From a typed note pasted on the page: "Lane, Edward William (1801-1876), Arabic scholar; went to Egypt for the sake of his health, 1825; made voyages up the Nile, 1826 and 1827; studied the people of Cairo, 1833-5; spoke Arabic fluently and adopted the dress and manners of the Egyptian man of learning; published in two volumes 'Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians,' 1836 (still the standard authority on the subject); published a translation of the 'Thousand and one Nights' (the first accurate version), 1838-40; again in Egypt, 1842-9; compiled an exhaustive thesaurus of the Arabic language from native lexicons, published at intervals, 1863-92; the acknowledged chief of Arabic scholars in Europe. [xxxii. 71]".
Full Extent
1 photograph
Physical Location
Originally from Volume IV, p. 293. Now in grey box no. 2.
General
LUNA Work Record ID: 0012169
Subject
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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