Hermann Brockhaus
Hermann Brockhaus (January 28, 1806 – January 5, 1877) was a German Orientalist born in Amsterdam. He was a leading authority on Sanskrit and Persian languages. He was the son of publisher Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus and brother-in-law to composer Richard Wagner.[1] In 1870 he received a combined medal (together with (Fleischer, Pott and Rödiger) in occasion of the 25th anniversary of the DMG.[2]
Academic career
He studied
Published works
Among his better-known works are an edition of Kathâsarit-sâgara (a large collection of tales by Somadeva) and an edition of songs by the Persian lyric poet Hafez (Lieder des Hafis). He also published an edition of the Vendidâd Sâde, an edition of a philosophical drama by Krishna Mishra called Prabodhachandrodaya and was the author of the influential Über den Druck sanskritischer Werke mit lateinischen Buchstaben (Concerning Sanskrit Works Printed in Latin Letters).[1][5]
From 1853 he was editor of the Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (Journal of the
Notes
- ^ a b c d e ADB:Brockhaus, Hermann In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, S. 263–272.
- ^ http://hdl.handle.net/10900/100742 S. Krmnicek und M. Gaidys, Gelehrtenbilder. Altertumswissenschaftler auf Medaillen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Begleitband zur online-Ausstellung im Digitalen Münzkabinett des Instituts für Klassische Archäologie der Universität Tübingen Archived 2017-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, in: S. Krmnicek (Hrsg.), Von Krösus bis zu König Wilhelm. Neue Serie Bd. 3 (Tübingen 2020), 35-37.
- ^ a b c d Herausragende Gelehrte der Alma mater | Der Indologe und Orientalist Hermann Brockhaus Leipziger Universitäts- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte.
- ^ German Orientalism: The Study of the Middle East and Islam from 1800 to 1945 by Ursula Wokoeck
- ^ a b Pierer's Universal-Lexicon (translated biography)
References
- Stefan Heidemann, "Zwischen Theologie und Philologie: Der Paradigmenwechsel in der Jenaer Orientalistik 1770 bis 1850." In Der Islam 84 (2008), pp. 140–184.
- H.C. Kellner, in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie vol. 47, pp. 263–272.