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| 1801 births | |
| lane, edward | |
| 1876 deaths | |
| people from hereford | |
| lane, e | |
| english orientalists | |
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of Hereford , where he was born, began life as an Engraver , but going to Egypt in search of health, devoted himself to the study of Oriental languages and manners, and adopted the dress and habits of the Egyptian man of learning. While resident in Egypt he was given a woman slave by a friend, whom he educated and later married. He published '' Manners And Customs Of The Modern Egyptians '' (1836), which remains a standard authority, and a translation of '' The Thousand And One Nights '' (1838-40) (Arabian Nights). What was intended to be the great work of his life, his '' Arabic Lexicon '', was left unfinished at his death, but was completed by his nephew, S. L. Poole . Lane was regarded as one of the chief European Orientalist s of his day. |
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