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John Penrice

جون بنريس

Notable figure 1818–1892 · Source: Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyya, 2004), p. 274 · Second source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, authority record: Penrice, John (1818-1892)

Field: Lexicography

Affiliation

Lexicographer; Dictionary and Glossary of the Kor-ân (1873)

Biography

He compiled Silk al-bayan fi manaqib al-Qur'an, A Dictionary and Glossary of the Kor-ân (London, 1873): the vocabulary of the Qur'an in Arabic alphabetical order with English glosses, grammatical references and notes on the text. It is still reprinted as a reference for students of Qur'anic Arabic.