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Joseph von Sontheimer

يوزف فون زونتهايمر

Notable figure 1787–1846 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 2, p. 630; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 655 · Second source: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, GND authority record: Sontheimer, Joseph von (1787-1846), physician and translator

Field: Translation

Affiliation

Translated Ibn al-Baytar's al-Jamiʿ into German

Biography

A German army physician interested in Arabic medicine, he translated into German Ibn al-Baytar's al-Jamiʿ li-mufradat al-adwiya wa-l-aghdhiya, a dictionary of plant names and simple drugs, in two volumes (Stuttgart, 1840–1842), and the fifth book of Avicenna's Canon, on compound drugs (Freiburg, 1844).