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Johann Gildemeister
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Johann Gildemeister

يوهان غيلدمايستر

Notable figure 1812–1890 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 2, p. 708; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 468 · Second source: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, GND authority record 116623853: Gildemeister, Johann (1812–1890)

Field: Manuscript cataloguing

Affiliation

Freytag's successor at Bonn; catalogued its Oriental MSS

Biography

Born at Kröpelin in Mecklenburg, he studied Arabic under Georg Wilhelm Freytag at Bonn and published Arabic texts on India (Bonn 1838). He taught at Marburg and ran its university library, then succeeded Freytag as professor of Oriental languages at Bonn (1859), where he stayed until his death. He wrote, in Latin, the catalogue of the Oriental manuscripts of Bonn University Library (1864–1876), describing 118 manuscripts.