Elias John Wilkinson Gibb

Elias John Wilkinson Gibb

Elias John Wilkinson Gibb (born June 3, 1857 in Glasgow , † December 5, 1901 ) was a Scottish orientalist . He devoted his life to researching Turkish, Persian and Arab history, literature, philosophy and religion. His particular interest was the seal of the Ottomans , only the first volume of his six-volume History of Ottoman Poetry ( "History of Ottoman Poetry") was published in his lifetime, the subsequent volumes were Edward G. Browne out.

An Elias John Wilkinson Gibb Memorial Series was published in his honor .

Works

• The History of the Forty Vezirs or the story of the forty morns and eves (Contes turcs [Qyrq wezīr ḥikājesi <Engl.>]). Written in turkish by Sheykh-Zāda [Šaiḫzāda]. Done into english by E (lias) J (ohn) W (ilkinson) Gibb / Šaiḫzāda. London 1886
• Ottoman poems. Translated into English in The original forms. With introduction, biographical notices, and notes. London, Glasgow 1882
• A history of Ottoman poetry. 6 vols. London 1900–1909 (reprinted London 1958–67, vol. 2–6 ed. By Edward G. Browne)
• Ottoman Literature; The Poets and Poetry of Turkey, Translated from the Arabic with Introduction and Biographical Notes by EJW Gibb, with Arabian, Persian, and Hebrew Poems, and a Special Introduction by Theodore P. Ion, New York 1901

Web links

• Gibb Memorial Trust
• History of Ottoman Poetry
• The Boyd Family Information Center, ibid. Pp. 28–29
• THE EJW GIBB MEMORIAL TRUST
• EJW Gibb: A History of Ottoman Poetry