Eugen Prym
Eugen Prym (15 December 1843 in Düren – 6 May 1913 in Bonn) was a German orientalist, who specialized in Semitic languages, especially Arabic and Aramaic. He was the brother of mathematician Friedrich Prym (1841–1915), and is the great-great grandfather of historian, philosopher, and MacArthur Fellow Jacob Soll.
He studied
Leipzig and Bonn, receiving his doctorate in 1868 with a thesis on the Islamic polymath Ibn Khallikan. As a student, his influences included Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer in Leipzig and Johann Gildemeister at the University of Bonn. From November 1868, with Albert Socin, he carried out linguistic research for one and a half years in the Middle East. Following his return to Bonn, he gave lectures in Semitic languages at the University, where in 1890 he attained a full professorship. In addition to Semitic languages, he also taught classes on Sanskrit and Persian.[1][2]
Selected works
- Der neu-aramäische Dialekt des Tur Abdin, 1881 – Neo-Aramaic dialect of Tur Abdin.
- Kurdische sammlungen (2 volumes 1887–90, with Albert Socin) – Kurdish collections.
- Annales quos scripsit Abu Djafar Mohammed Ibn Djarir At-Tabari, (multi-volume, 1879–1901); edition of Al-Tabari; with Michael Jan de Goeje and others.
- Neuaramäische Märchen und andere Texte aus Malula in deutscher Übersetzung, hauptsächlich aus der Sammlung E. Prym's und A. Socin's, 1915 (with Albert Socin, pub. Ma'lula.[3]
References
- ^ Eugen Prym - Orientalist aus Düren Eifel - Zeitung
- ^ Hermann Diels, Hermann Usener, Eduard Zeller Briefwechsel edited by Dietrich Ehlers
- ^ HathiTrust Digital Library published works
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