Albert Socin

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Albert Socin

Albert Socin (born October 13, 1844 in Basel , †  June 24, 1899 in Leipzig ) was a Swiss orientalist .

Life

Albert Socin (1844–1899) Professor of Philology, Orientalist, Old Testament scholar. Professor of Semitic Languages. Grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery, Basel
Grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery , Basel
Albert Socin (1844–1899) Professor of Philology, Orientalist, Old Testament scholar. Professor of Semitic Languages. Grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery, Basel
Gravestone in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery , Basel

Socin studied oriental languages at the universities of Basel , Geneva , Göttingen and Leipzig since 1862 . After receiving his doctorate in Halle in 1867, he stayed at Berlin University for another year . Between 1868 and 1870 Socin lived in the Orient , where he, partly together with Eugen Prym (1843–1913), did important research on the Arabic dialects , modern Syriac and the Kurdish language .

Socin completed his habilitation in Basel in 1871 and was appointed associate professor there in 1873. In the same year he made a second scientific trip to Palestine and Syria . In 1876 he was appointed full professor at the University of Tübingen and in 1890 at that of Leipzig . In 1891 he was accepted as a full member of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences .

Socin is one of the founders of the German Palestine Association , for whose magazine he provided articles and, between 1878 and 1885, the annual scientific reports .

In 1885 Socin published his Arabic grammar , the 5th edition of which was heavily revised by Carl Brockelmann and has since appeared as a standard work in numerous other editions.

Albert Socin died in Leipzig on June 24, 1899.

Publications

  • The poems of Alkama . Leipzig 1867.
  • Guide for travelers . Palestine and Syria . Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1875 (3rd edition 1891).
  • with Emil Kautzsch : The authenticity of the Moabite antiquities checked . Strasbourg 1876.
  • Arabic proverbs and sayings . Tübingen 1878. Digitized
  • with Eugen Prym : The new Aramaic dialect of Tur 'Abdin . 2 volumes. Goettingen 1881.
  • The neo-Aramaic dialects from Urmia to Mosul . Tuebingen 1882.
  • Arabic grammar. Paradigms, literature, chrestomathy. Porta Linguarum Orientalium . Karlsruhe / Leipzig 1885 ( digital copies at archive.org ).
  • with Rudolf Smend : The inscription of the King Mesa of Moab . Freiburg im Breisgau 1886.
  • with Eugen Prym: Kurdish Collections . 2 volumes. St. Petersburg 1887/1890.
  • with Emil Kautzsch: The Genesis translated with an external distinction between the source scriptures . Freiburg im Breisgau 1888.
  • To the Arabic dialect of Morocco . Leipzig 1893.
  • with Hans Stumme : The Arabic dialect of the Houwāra des Wād Sūs in Morocco . Leipzig 1894.
  • The silo inscription . Freiburg im Breisgau 1899.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members of the SAW: Albert Socin. Saxon Academy of Sciences, accessed December 3, 2016 .

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Socin, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1899
Place of death Leipzig