Henry Albert Schultens
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Hendrik Albert Schultens (25 February 1749 – 12 August 1793) was a third generation Dutch linguist.
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| name = Henry Albert Schultens
| image = Hendrik Albert Schultens.jpg
| birth_name = Hendrik Albert Schultens
| birth_date = 25 February 1749
| birth_place = Herborn
| death_date = 12 August 1793
| death_place = Leiden
| death_cause =
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Life
Shultens was born in Herborn. He was the son of Jan Jacob Schultens, orientalist and professor at Leiden University and Suzanna Amalia Schramm, and was the grandson of Albert Schultens.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
Schultens studied orientalism in Leiden.
He traveled to England and studied at Wadham College, Oxford,{{alox2|title=Schultens, Henry Albert}} where he became Magister Artium, honoris causa, in 1773.
He became professor in Eastern languages, first in Amsterdam, and then in Leiden.
He married Catharina Elisabeth de Sitter.
Schultens published a translation (to Latin) and edition of Persian scholar Al-Zamakhshari, "Anthologia sententiarum Arabicarum: Cum scholiis Zamachsjarii" (1772).[https://books.google.com/books/about/Anthologia_sententiarum_Arabicarum_Cum_s.html?id=hNO2mgEACAAJ Google Books] Anthologia sententiarum Arabicarum: Cum scholiis Zamachsjarii He was also the author of an edition of ancient Eastern fables, "Pars versionis arabicae libri Colailah wa Dimnah, sive Fabularum Bidpai philosophi Indi" (1786).[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3469149 WorldCat Title] Pars versionis arabicae libri Colailah wa Dimnah, etc.
He died in Leiden in 1793, leaving an edition of Al-Maydani unfinished.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
References
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External links
- {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Schultens|display=Schultens s.v. Henry Albert Schultens|volume=24|page=382}}
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Category:Linguists from the Dutch Republic
Category:Leiden University alumni
Category:Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford
Category:Academic staff of Leiden University
Category:Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam
Category:People from Lahn-Dill-Kreis
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