Samuel Miklos Stern

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Samuel Miklos Stern (Tab, Hungary, 22 November 1920 – Oxford, 29 October 1969) was a HungarianBritish academic specializing in Oriental studies.

Life

He was born to an

Holocaust.[1]

In Palestine he enrolled in the

Isma'ili studies, a major area of interest for Stern during his later career.[1]

After completing his degree, he went to

Richard Walzer and his wife Sofie.[1][2]

In 1951–1956, Stern served as assistant editor for the second edition of the

All Souls College.[1][2] From 1964 and until his death he was additionally Lecturer In the History of the Islamic Civilization.[1][2] Stern died of a severe asthma attack in October 1969.[1]

Work

Stern was a prolific scholar who wrote on a variety of topics and issues.[1][2] By the time of his death, he had 265 publications, including a few books. Most of his writings on medieval Islamic history and civilization were posthumously collected and reprinted in three Variorum Collected Studies volumes (Medieval Arabic and Hebrew Thought in 1983, History and Culture in the Medieval Muslim World in 1984 and Coins and Documents from the Medieval Middle East in 1986).[1]

Bibliography

  • Stern, S. M., ed. (1964). Fāṭimid decrees : original documents from the Fatimid Chancery. London:
    Faber and Faber
    . pp. 1–188.
  • Aristotle on the World State. Columbia, SC: .
  • .
  • Stern, S. M. (1974). .
  • Studies in early Ismāʻīlism. Max Schloessinger memorial series, Monographs (Europe ed.). Leiden: .

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