August Ferdinand Mehren
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August Ferdinand Michael van Mehren (6 April 1822 – 14 November 1907 ) was a Danish
Early life and education
Mehren was born in
Career
In 1854, he became a professor of Semitic languages at the University of Copenhagen. In 1854 he became professor of Semitic-Eastern philology, from which position he retired in 1898. [3]
In his academic work, Mehren largely focused on
During the winter of 1867-68 he resided in
He became a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1869, Dannebrogsmand in 1887, Commander of the 2nd degree in 1892 and of the 1st degree in 1898. He spend his last years in
Personal life
On 7 July 1849, Mehren was married to Johanne (Jenny) Sophie Charlotte Justine Daue (30 June 1816 -10 February 1866), daughter of major Severin Daue (1776-1852) and Anna (Marie) Larsen (1786-1864), in Trinitatis Church in Copenhagen.
Andreas Hunæus has painted a portrait of him. His is also one of the fifty scientists depicted in Peder Severin Krøyer's monumental 1897 group portrait painting A Meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.
He spent his last years in Fredensborg following his retirement in 1898 and is buried in Helsingør Cemetery.
Accolades
He was created a Lnight in the Order of the Dannebrog in 1869, a Commander of the Second Class in 1892 and a Commander of the First Class in 1898. He was awarded the Cross of Honour in 1887.
References
- ^ "Mehren, August Ferdinand, dansk Orientalist". Salmonsens konversationsleksikon. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "A.F. van Mehren" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht". Salmonsens konversationsleksikon. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- OCLC 2163732. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via WorldCat.
- ^ "Codices orientales Bibliothecae Regiae Havniensis". University of Toronto. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- OCLC 411989. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via WorldCat.
- ^ Olshausen, Justus. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Duncker & Humblot. 1887. p. 328. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Westergaard, Niels Ludvig Dansk Orientalist". Salmonsens konversationsleksikon. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
Other sources
- The Arabic studies in the Nordic countries, from 1850 to 1900 (translated from Danish)
- Project Runeberg (biographical information)
Further reading
- August Ferdinand M. Mehren (1853): Die Rhetorik der Araber nach den Wichtigsten quellen Dargestellt:
- Al-Dimashqi (1862). Syrien og Palestina, Studie efter en arabisk Geograph [Shams al-Dîn Dimashḳî] (in Danish). Translated by A. F. Mehren. Copenhagen: G.E.C.Gad.
- Al-Dimashqi (1866). Cosmographie (in Arabic). Translated by A. F. Mehren. Saint-Pétersbourg: l'Académie Impriale des Sciences.
- Al-Dimashqi (1874). Manuel de la cosmographie du moyen āge (in French). Translated by A. F. Mehren. C. A. Reitzel.
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