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Cornelis van Arendonk

كورنيليس فان أرندونك

Notable figure 1881–1946 · 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), pp. 245–246 · Second source: VIAF 7484787: Arendonk, Cornelis van (1881-1946); KNAW past-members record (Herwijnen 13-03-1881 – Leiden 14-12-1946)

Field: Lexicography

Affiliation

Contributor to the Concordance of the Hadith

Biography

Born in Herwijnen, he studied at Leiden, took his doctorate in 1919 and was keeper of its Oriental manuscripts. He worked on the Concordance et indices de la tradition musulmane begun by Wensinck, who named him among its helpers, and Mensing thanked him in the preface to the second volume for the accuracy of his help.