Joannes Uri or Uri János (1724–1796) was a Hungarian orientalist.
Life
Born at
Nagykőrös
Nagykőrös is a town in Pest County, Hungary.
János Arany taught there from about 1851, and a local museum is named for him.
Notable people
* Szabolcs Czira (b. 1951), politician
* Frigyes Hegedűs (1920–2008), pentathlete
*István Kecskés ...
in Hungary, Uri studied the oriental languages under
Jan Jacob Schultens at
Leyden University
Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, as a reward to the city of Le ...
, where he took the degrees of Ph.D. and D.D.
In 1766 the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
decided a catalogue should be made of the oriental manuscripts in the
Bodleian Library for two hundred years. A scholar was sought to undertake this work, and on the advice of
Sir Joseph Yorke, ambassador in the Netherlands, given to Archbishop
Thomas Secker
Thomas Secker (21 September 16933 August 1768) was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England.
Early life and studies
Secker was born in Sibthorpe, Nottinghamshire. In 1699, he went to Richard Brown's free school in Chesterfield ...
, Uri received an invitation to Oxford. There he was provided with a stipend, and set to compile the catalogue.
Uri did some teaching at Oxford,
Joseph White being his most distinguished pupil. At the end of his life, he was discharged by the delegates of the Press, but through
Henry Kett and other friends he obtained provision for his last years. He died at his lodgings in Oxford on 18 October 1796.
Works
Uri published in 1761 a short treatise on
Hebrew etymology, ''Prima decas originum Hebræarum genuinarum''. For the Leyden library he produced an edition of the Arabic poem ''
Al-Burda
''Qasīdat al-Burda'' ( ar, قصيدة البردة, "Ode of the Mantle"), or ''al-Burda'' for short, is a thirteenth-century ode of praise for the Islamic prophet Muhammad composed by the eminent Sufi mystic Imam al-Busiri of Egypt. The poem ...
'' in honour of the prophet Mohammed, with a Latin translation and further notes on Hebrew etymology.
After 20 years, the Bodleian catalogue appeared in 1787, as ''Bibliothecæ Bodleianæ Codd. MStorum Orientalium videlicet Hebræorum, Chaldaicorum, Syriacorum, &c., Catalogus''. It has been criticised for mistakes (many corrected in the second volume of the catalogue by
Alexander Nicoll
Alexander Nicoll (1793–1828) was a Scottish orientalist, known for his bibliographical work. He became Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford in 1822.
Life
The youngest son of John Nicoll, he was born at Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, 3 April 1793. Af ...
and
Edward Pusey
Edward Bouverie Pusey (; 22 August 180016 September 1882) was an English Anglican cleric, for more than fifty years Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford. He was one of the leading figures in the Oxford Movement.
Early years
...
, which appeared in 1835), and its arrangement.
While at Oxford Uri published an edition of some Persian and Turkish letters (1771), and also a short commentary on Daniel's Prophecy of the Weeks and other points of Old Testament exegesis.
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External links
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1724 births
1796 deaths
Hungarian orientalists
Christian Hebraists