Hasan Tahsini

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
For the Ottoman military officer, see Hasan Tahsin Pasha. For the Ottoman journalist, see Hasan Tahsin.

Hasan Tahsini
Born7 April 1811
Ninat, Konispol, Ottoman Empire (modern Albania)
Died3 July 1881(1881-07-03) (aged 70)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (modern Turkey)
NationalityAlbanian
CitizenshipOttoman
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Scientific career
Fieldsastronomy, psychology
Signature

Hoxhë Hasan Tahsini or simply Hoxha Tahsim (7 April 1811 – 3 July 1881)[1] was an Albanian alim, astronomer, mathematician and philosopher. He was the first rector of Istanbul University[2] and one of the founders of the Central Committee for Defending Albanian Rights. Tahsini is regarded as one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.[3]

Early life

Hasan Tahsini was born in 1811 in the village of Ninat,

Fuad Pasha who had died in Nice
.

Istanbul University

In 1870 he became the first

Jamal-al-Din Afghani, another professor influenced by Tahsini, supported his theories.[6]

Works

Tahsini wrote the first Turkish language treatise on psychology titled Psychology or the Science of Soul, a work influenced by modernism and the first book whose title contained the word psychology.

Constantin François de Chassebœuf's Loi Naturelle.[4]

Tahsini was a prominent member of the

Sami Frasheri, one of the most important figures of the Albanian National Awakening to develop a unique alphabet of the Albanian language.[2][10]
According to Tahsini the alphabet was developed in such way that each letter required the least hand movements to be written.

Sources

  1. ^ "Hasan Tahsini, arduo sostenitore dell'indipendenza e della lingua albanese". Radio Tirana International (in Italian). 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Gawrych 2006, p. 184.
  3. ISBN 0-7546-0998-7
    .
  4. ^
    ISBN 0-520-02027-8
    .
  5. ISBN 978-0-86078-924-6. Archived
    from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  6. ^
    ISBN 0-8156-2861-7
    .
  7. ^ Shouksmith, George (1990). Psychology in Asia and the Pacific: status reports on teaching and research in eleven countries. Unesco Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. p. 10. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  8. ISBN 1-84511-031-5. Archived
    from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  9. ISBN 9781845112875. Archived
    from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  10. ISBN 9781400847761. Archived
    from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hasan_Tahsini&oldid=1217697961"