Lane, Edward William, 1801-1876
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Epithet: of Add MS 38510
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x0002b9
Epithet: of Add MS 34080
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x0002b8
Edward William Lane (1801-1876), Arabic scholar and lexicographer, prepared the standard Arabic-English Lexicon in Egypt, 1842-1849, and afterwards in England. He was financed during the preparation and publication of the Lexicon by Algernon Percy, Lord Prudhoe, 4th Duke of Northumberland (1792-1865), and after his death by his widow Eleanor, Duchess of Northumberland. The Lexicon appeared in eight parts, 1863-1893, parts 7 and 8 edited by Lane's great-nephew, S. Lane Poole.
From the guide to the Edward William Lane: Papers on the Arabic-English Lexicon, 1841-1894, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
Epithet: Arabic scholar
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00026e
Lane was an English scholar of the Arabic language and translator of: The one thousand and one nights. He lived in Cairo, wrote on Egyptian life and was at work on an Arabic-English lexicon when he died.
Hook was an English writer and newspaper journalist.
From the description of [Autograph manuscript] / Edw. Wm. Lane [and] Theodore E. Hook. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 245101267
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Subjects:
- Arabic
- Lexicography
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- Maharrakah, Egypt (as recorded)
- Great Kimble, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Medinet Abu, Egypt (as recorded)
- Rosetta, Egypt (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Gizeh, Egypt (as recorded)
- Thebes, Egypt (as recorded)
- California, U.S.A. (as recorded)
- St. Vincent, West Indies (as recorded)
- Lower Nubia, Africa (as recorded)
- Meydoom, Egypt (as recorded)
- Heliopolis, Egypt (as recorded)
- Sakkarah, Egypt (as recorded)
- Valley of Tombs of the Kings, Egypt (as recorded)
- Kurneh, Egypt (as recorded)
- Lisbon, Portugal (as recorded)
- Alexandria, Egypt (as recorded)
- Repps-with-Bastwick, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Benee Hasan, Egypt (as recorded)
- Guatemala, Central America (as recorded)
- Toona el-Gebel, Egypt (as recorded)
- River Nile, Egypt (as recorded)
- Saheyl, Egypt (as recorded)
- Mexico, Central America (as recorded)
- Kardaseh, Egypt (as recorded)
- St Lucia, the Carribean (as recorded)
- Et-Tell, Egypt (as recorded)
- Cairo, Egypt (as recorded)
