Bernhard Dorn

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Bernhard Dorn (1805–1881)

Bernhard Dorn (born May 11, 1805 in Scheuerfeld , † May 31, 1881 in St. Petersburg ) was a German-Russian orientalist .

Life

Dorn studied first theology in Halle and Leipzig , then oriental languages, completed his habilitation in Leipzig in 1825 and received the professorship in oriental languages ​​at the Imperial University in Charkow in 1826 , which he did not take up until 1829.

Transferred to the Oriental Institute in St. Petersburg as Professor of Asian History in 1835 , he was appointed a member of the Academy of Sciences in 1839 , Director of the Asian Museum in 1842 and Senior Librarian of the Imperial Library in 1843. From 1859 he was a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences , from 1860 a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and from 1864 a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

In the years 1860–1861 he made a trip to the Caucasus , to Mazandaran and Gilan south of the Caspian Sea, from where he returned with rich scientific yield. He died on May 31, 1881 in St. Petersburg as a Russian citizen.

plant

Dorn's scientific endeavors were initially directed towards research and study of the history and language of the Afghans , including through:

  • Grammatical remarks on the language of the Afghans (St. Petersburg 1845),
  • A chrestomathy of the Pushtu (St. Petersburg 1847) and the
  • History of the Afghans, translated from the Persian of Neamet-Ullah (London 1829–36, 2 vols.), Later on the history and geography of all of Iran, Turkistan and the Caucasus countries and the treatment of the still unknown provincial dialects of these countries . The result of these studies is the great compilation:
  • Mohammedan sources on the history of the southern coastal countries of the Caspian Sea (St. Petersburg 1850–58, 4 parts). In this context, the works of the historian Sayyed Zahiruddin Mar'ashi became accessible to European science.
  • Contributions to knowledge of the Iranian languages . Masenderan , (St. Petersburg 1860–66, part 1 and 2). His
  • Contributions to the history of the Caucasian countries and peoples from oriental sources are contained in the Mémoires of the St. Petersburg Academy, Vol. 5–7 (1845–48); this is followed by:
  • Caspia. About the incursions of the old Russians into Taberistan (St. Petersburg 1875).

In addition, Dorn provided many translations of Persian texts and other contributions to the history, geography, numismatics, and archeology of the Muslim Orient, scattered in the memoirs and bulletin of the St. Petersburg Academy. The following were caused by his official position:

  • The Asian Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg 1846) and
  • Catalog des manuscrits et xylographes de la bibliothèque impériale publique (St. Pétersbourg 1852).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 70.
  2. ^ Member entry by Bernhard Dorn at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on January 27, 2017.
  3. ^ Members of the previous academies. Bernhard Dorn. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 15, 2015 .

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SURNAME Dorn, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Russian orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Scheuerfeld
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1881
Place of death St. Petersburg