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Jörg Kraemer

يورج كريمر

Notable figure 1917–1961 · Source: ʿAbd al-ʿAziz al-Humaid, Aʿmal al-mustashriqin al-ʿarabiyya fi al-muʿjam al-ʿarabi: dirasa wa-taqwim (PhD thesis, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, 1433 AH), vol. 1, p. 41 · Second source: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, authority record (GND 127094962): Kraemer, Jörg, born 20 Dec. 1917, died 26 Sep. 1961

Field: Lexicography

Affiliation

Lexicographer; founder of the WKAS dictionary

Biography

Born in Stuttgart, he taught at Tübingen. He published Theodor Nöldekes Belegwörterbuch zur klassischen arabischen Sprache from Nöldeke's slips (Berlin 1952–1954) and founded the Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache (WKAS), whose first fascicle appeared in 1957.