Johann Wilhelm Fück (8 July 1894 – 24 November 1974) was a German Orientalist. Starting in 1913, Fück studied classical and Semitic

philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (), also referred to as MLU, is a public university, public research university in the cities of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle and Wittenberg. It is the largest and oldest university in the German State o ...

and

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. 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

Hebrew language Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and remained in regular use as a first language unti ...

from 1921 to 1930, and in Arabic philology and

Islamic studies Islamic studies is the academic study of Islam, which is analogous to related fields such as Jewish studies and Quranic studies. Islamic studies seeks to understand the past and the potential future of the Islamic world. In this multidiscipli ...

from 1935 to 1938. He attained his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

in 1929. In the interim from 1930 to 1935, he was a professor at the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

, 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

Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft The (, ''German Oriental Society''), abbreviated DMG, is a scholarly organization dedicated to Oriental studies, that is, to the study of the languages and cultures of the Near East and the Far East, the broader Orient, Asia, Oceania, and Afric ...

(German Oriental Society). Along with Karl Vollers and Régis Blachère, Fück was an important early researcher into the language of the

Quran The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...

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