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Emil Rödiger

إميل رويديغر

Notable figure 1801–1874 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 2, p. 702; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyya, 2004), p. 625 · Second source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, authority record: Roediger, Emil (1801-1874)

Field: Teaching Arabic

Affiliation

Editor of the Fables of Luqman for teaching Arabic

Biography

Born in Sangerhausen, he taught oriental languages at the University of Halle and became professor of them in Berlin (1860). He edited the Fables of Luqman and used them to teach Arabic to his students at Halle, and was known for his work on Arabic philology.