Georg Rosen (1821–1891)

Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Rosen (Born Ballhorn; 24 September 1820^[1] in Detmold, Principality of Lippe – 29 October 1891 in Detmold) was a German (Lippe/Prussian) orientalist and diplomat.

Biography

He studied in

Belgrade. In 1875, Rosen returned to Detmold, where, in May 1907, the Rosenstraße was named in his honor.^[3]

Rosen was a friend of E. A. Wallis Budge. Budge, together with his wife, spent a prolonged visit to Rosen's home in 1885.^[4]

Family

The Orientalist Friedrich August Rosen was his brother; their father, Friedrich Ballhorn-Rosen, originating from Denmark, was Chancellor of the Principality of Lippe. Georg Rosen married Serena Anna (1830−1902), a painter, and daughter of the composer Ignaz Moscheles. By her he was father of Friedrich Rosen, also diplomat and for a short time German foreign minister, and Jelka Rosen, also a painter. His namesake grandson Georg Rosen (1895–1961) was also diplomat and helped organising the Nanking Safety Zone in 1937.

Works

Rudimenta persica (Leipzig, 1843)
Über die Sprache der Lazen (Lemgo, 1844)
Ossetische Grammatik (Lemgo, 1846).
Tuti-nameh (Leipzig, 1858, 2 vols)
Das Haram zu Jerusalem und der Tempelplatz des Moria (Gotha, 1866)
Geschichte der Türkei vom Sieg der Reform 1826 bis zum Pariser Traktat 1856 (Leipzig, 1866–67, 2 vols.)
Die Balkan-Haiduken (Leipzig, 1878)
Bulgarische Volksdichtungen, ins Deutsche übertragen (Leipzig, 1879)

References

Notes

^ Cf. Gregor Pelger (2005), "Rosen, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 22, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 51–52; (full text online)
ISBN 3-598-23222-5
.

^ Rüdiger Henke, Die Straßen der Detmolder Kernstadt, Ortsverein Detmold im Lippischen Heimatbund e.V., Detmold, 2013

^ Sir E. A. Wallis Budge, KT., M.A. & Litt.D. Cambridge, M.A. & D.Litt. Oxford, D.LiT. Durham, F.S.A. A NARRATIVE OF JOURNEYS IN EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA ON BEHALF OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM BETWEEN THE YEARS 1886 AND 1913 Archived 2018-04-10 at the Wayback Machine, journal in the library of the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1920, p.159.

Bibliography

Gregor Pelger (2005), "Rosen, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 22, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 51–52; (full text online)

Meyers Konversationslexikon Archived 2007-06-13 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Cf. Gregor Pelger (2005), "Rosen, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 22, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 51–52; (full text online)

[2] ISBN 3-598-23222-5
.

[3] Rüdiger Henke, Die Straßen der Detmolder Kernstadt, Ortsverein Detmold im Lippischen Heimatbund e.V., Detmold, 2013

[4] Sir E. A. Wallis Budge, KT., M.A. & Litt.D. Cambridge, M.A. & D.Litt. Oxford, D.LiT. Durham, F.S.A. A NARRATIVE OF JOURNEYS IN EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA ON BEHALF OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM BETWEEN THE YEARS 1886 AND 1913 Archived 2018-04-10 at the Wayback Machine, journal in the library of the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1920, p.159.

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