Johann Wilhelm Fück (born in

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; died in Halle) was a German Orientalist. Starting in 1913, Fück studied classical and Semitic

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and Goethe University Frankfurt. From 1919 to 1921 he was a member of the

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. His promotion took place in 1921 as part of the Orientalist Seminar at Goethe University Frankfurt, where he had lectureships in

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from 1921 to 1930, and in Arabic philology and

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from 1935 to 1938. He attained his habilitation in 1929. In the interim from 1930 to 1935, he was a professor at the

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, Bangladesh. In 1938 Fück went back to

where he remained until his retirement in 1962. In Halle he was also the director of the library of the

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(German Oriental Society). Along with

Karl Vollers Karl Vollers (March 19, 1857, Hooksiel ( Oldenburg) – January 5, 1909) was a German orientalist. Vollers went to school in Hildesheim and Jever where he received his high-school degree ''Abitur'' in 1875. Vollers studied Protestant theology ...

and

Régis Blachère Régis Blachère (30 June 1900 – 7 August 1973) was a French orientalist and translator of the Qur'an. Bibliography *1975: ''Analecta'', Institut français de Damas, Damas, 1975. *2002: ''Le Coran'', Presses universitaires de France, (Que s ...

, Fück was an important early researcher into the language of the

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Works (select)

* * ( Der Fihrist des Ibn an-Nadīm) * * * * * * *

External links

Biography and picture in the ''Catalogus Professorum Halensis''
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Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fuck, Johann German orientalists German Arabists German male non-fiction writers 1894 births 1974 deaths