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John Richardson (scholar)
John Richardson (1740/41–1795), Royal Asiatic Society, FAS of Wadham College, Oxford, Wadham College, Oxford University, Oxford, was the editor of the first Persian-Arabic-English dictionary in 1778–1780.Clarke, John. (1806) ''The Bibliographical Miscellany; Or, Supplement to the Bibliographical,'' p. 276277. His seminal work on Persian grammar, written in collaboration with Sir William Jones (philologist), William Jones, was noteworthy amongst the early works on this subject; and it remains significant in the context of that philology, philological foundation from which all subsequent grammatical studies were to evolve. Richardson's scholarly compilation was organized in a format similar to Mesgnien-Meninski's ''Thesaurus Linguarum Orientalis, Turcicæ, Arabicæ, Persicæ'' (1680). Each book in the two-volume set was sold separately; many more of the first part (the Persian-Arabic-English volume) were sold than the second part (the English-Persian-Arabic volume). When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Asiatic Society
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as the Royal Asiatic Society (RAS), was established, according to its royal charter of 11 August 1824, to further "the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia." From its incorporation the society has been a forum, through lectures, its journal, and other publications, for scholarship relating to Asian culture and society of the highest level. It is the United Kingdom's senior learned society in the field of Asian studies. Fellows of the society are elected regularly. Fellows include highly accomplished and notable scholars of Asian studies. They are entitled to use the post-nominal letters ''FRAS''.The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations, 2nd edition, Market House Books Ltd and Oxford University Press, 1998, ed. Judy Pearsall, Sara Tulloch et al., p. 175Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2011, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, p. 26The Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |