Elias John Wilkinson Gibb
Elias John Wilkinson Gibb (3 June 1857 - 5 December 1901) was a Scottish orientalist.
Gibb was born 3 June 1857 in Glasgow, at 25 Newton Place, to Elias John Gibb and Jane Gilman. He was educated by Collier and matriculated from Glasgow University in 1873. Gibb acquired a knowledge of Arabic and Persian languages, and became especially interested in Turkish language and literature. Gibb married and moved to London in 1899. He made a few visits to Europe, but never visited the regions that he studied. He did, however, come to be viewed as a sympathetic and talented orientalist, with an excellent library, and was acquainted with Muslim poets and scholars. His series of volumes on Ottoman poetry is especially noteworthy.[1]
He died 5 December 1901, aged 44 at his residence in
Works
- The History of the Forty Vezirs or the story of the forty morns and eves (Contes turcs [Qyrq wezīr ḥikājesi). Written in Turkish by Sheykh-Zāda [Šaiḫzāda]. Done into English by E(lias) J(ohn) W(ilkinson) Gibb / Šaiḫzāda. London 1886
- Ottoman poems. Translated into English in The original forms. With introduction, biographical notices, and notes. London, Glasgow 1882
- A history of Ottoman poetry. 6 Bde. London 1900-1909 (Nachdruck London 1958-67, Vol. 2-6 edited by Edward Granville Browne
- Ottoman Literature; The Poets and Poetry of Turkey, Translated from the Arabic with Introduction and Biographical Notes by E. J. W. Gibb, with Arabian, Persian, and Hebrew Poems, and a Special Introduction by Theodore P. Ion, New York 1901
References
- ^ a b Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 100–101.
- ^ "Obituary - E. J. W. Gibb". The Times. No. 36633. London. 9 December 1901. p. 6.
- ^ Gibb Memorial Series Encyclopædia Iranica
External links
Works by or about Elias John Wilkinson Gibb at Wikisource
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