Arthur John Arberry

Arthur John Arberry was a British orientalist, poet and translator (1905–1969). He was born at Portsmouth and died at Cambridge.

Also recorded as A. J. Arberry.

Overview

Born at Portsmouth in 1905, died at Cambridge in 1969.

Catalogued works

37 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1950 to 2001. The first 12 are listed here.

Sufism: An Account of the Mystics of Islam. Mystical poems of Rūmī. Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʻArabīyah fī Maktabat Tshistir Bītī (Dablin, Ayrlandā). The soul of Rumi, dated 2001. New material on the Kitāb al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadīm. More tales from the Masnavi. عارفانه‌ها. The doctrine of the Sufis. The Koran interpreted. Pages from the Kitab Al-Luma of Abu Nasr Al-Sarraj (Gibb Memorial). Classical Persian literature. Aspects of Islamic civilization, as depicted in the original texts, dated 1964.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Arberry, Arthur John (1905–1969), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. ARBERRY, ARTHUR JOHN, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online. Arberry, Arthur John, (12 May 1905–2 Oct. 1969), Sir Thomas Adams’s Professor of Arabic, University of Cambridge, since 1947, Who Was Who, 2007. Semantic Loss in Two English Translations of Surah Ya-Sin by Two Translators (Abdullah Yusuf Ali and Arthur John Arberry), SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018. Professor Arthur John Arberry, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 1970.

In detail

Arthur John Arberry studied at Pembroke College and Portsmouth Grammar School. the recorded working language is English and Arabic.

Employment is recorded with Cairo University and SOAS, University of London. Membership is recorded of British Academy and Arab Academy of Damascus.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the British Academy.

Chronology

  1. 1905Arthur John Arberry born at Portsmouth.
  2. 1969Arthur John Arberry died at Cambridge.
  3. 2001The soul of Rumi.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Arthur John Arberry”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2712746: Arthur John Arberry

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