Johann Gildemeister (20 July 1812 – 11 March 1890) was a German
Orientalist born in
Kröpelin
Kröpelin is a town in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 9 km southwest of Bad Doberan, and 23 km west of Rostock
Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (g ...
.
Biography
He studied
Oriental languages and theology at the Universities of
Göttingen and
Bonn and graduated from the latter institution in 1838. Following a study trip to
Leiden and Paris, he became a lecturer at Bonn, where he taught classes in
Sanskrit,
Oriental languages and literature as well as
Old Testament
The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...
exegesis. Later on he served as an associate professor of Oriental languages (1844). In 1845 he relocated to the
University of Marburg as a professor of theology and Oriental literature. In 1859 he returned to
Bonn as a professor.
He died in Bonn (1890), at the age of 77.
Works
With historian
Heinrich von Sybel, he was the author of 'Der heilige Rock zu Trier und die zwanzig andern heiligen ungenähten Röcke'', a controversial work that argued against the authenticity of the
Holy Coat of Trier. Other noted publications by Gildemeister include:
* ''Dissertationis de rebus Indiae, quo modo in Arabum notitiam venerint, pars prior, quam una cum Masudii loco ad codd. Parisiens. fidem recensito''. Baaden, Bonn 1838 (
DissertationDigitalization* ''Scriptorum Arabum de Rebus Indicis loci et opuscula inedita; ad codicum Parisinorum Leidanorum Gothanorum fidem, recensuit et illustravit Ioannes Gildemeister. Fasciculus primus''. Bonn: König, 1838.
Facsimile scan at archive.org">iarchive:scriptorumarabum00gilduoft">Facsimile scan at archive.org* ''Bibliothecae Sanskritae sive recensvs librorvm sanskritorvm hvcvsque typis vel lapide exscriptorvm critici specimen'', Bonn (and others): König, 1847.
* ''Kalidasae Meghaduta et Çringaratilaka: ex recensione J. Gildemeisteri; additum est glossarium'', Bonn: König, 1841.
* ''De Evangeliis in Arabicum e Simplici Syriaca translatis commentatio academica Ioannis Gildemeisteri'', 1865.
* ''Über die in Bonn entdeckten neuen Fragmente des Macarius'', 1867.
Articles
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References
''Johann Gildemeister''translated biography @
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
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1812 births
1890 deaths
People from Rostock (district)
People from the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German orientalists
Academic staff of the University of Marburg
University of Bonn alumni
Academic staff of the University of Bonn
German male non-fiction writers