Julius von Mohl
Julius von Mohl | |
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Born | Stuttgart, Germany | 25 October 1800
Died | 4 January 1876 Paris | (aged 75)
Julius von Mohl (25 October 1800 – 4 January 1876) was a German Orientalist.
Life
The brother of
He resigned his chair at Tübingen in 1834, and settled permanently in Paris. In 1844 he was nominated to the Academy of Inscriptions, and in 1847 he became professor of Persian at the Collège de France. But his knowledge and interest extended to all departments of Oriental learning. He served for many years as secretary, and then as president of the Société Asiatique. He died in Paris on 3 January 1876.[1]
Works
In 1826 he was charged by the French government with the preparation of an edition of the
Family
His wife
Mohl's elder brother, Robert von Mohl (1799–1875), was a well-known jurist and statesman. Another brother, Moritz von Mohl (1802–1888), entered official life at an early age and was a member of the Frankfort parliament, and later of the parliament of Württemberg and of the imperial Reichstag. He was a voluminous writer on economic and political questions.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mohl, Julius von". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 648. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ISBN 9781271052547.
Further reading
- Kathleen O'Meara, Madame Mohl, her Salon and Friends (1885)
- M. C. M. Symposia, Letters and Recollections of Julius and Mary Mohl (1887).