Edward William Lane

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Edward William Lane was a 19th-century British Orientalist and translator best known for his influential Arabic–English lexicon and his English rendition of "One Thousand and One Nights."

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Edward William Lane canonical 7

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instanceOf Arabist ⓘ
human ⓘ
lexicographer ⓘ
orientalist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1801-09-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1876-08-10 ⓘ
described social life in 19th-century Egypt ⓘ
educatedAt Bath Grammar School ⓘ
Hereford Cathedral School ⓘ
familyName Lane ⓘ
fieldOfWork Arabic studies ⓘ
Islamic studies ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ
translation ⓘ
fullName Edward William Lane ⓘ
genre ethnography ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
influenced later translations of One Thousand and One Nights ⓘ
subsequent Arabic–English lexicography ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
notableWork An Arabic-English Lexicon ⓘ
Arabic–English Lexicon ⓘ
Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians ⓘ
Selections from the Koran ⓘ
linked to: Quran

The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments ⓘ
linked to: The Arabian Nights
occupation Egyptologist ⓘ
lexicographer ⓘ
orientalist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Hereford ⓘ
Herefordshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
West Sussex ⓘ
Worthing ⓘ
relative Stanley Lane-Poole ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Cairo ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Richard James Lane ⓘ

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Lane → hasNotableBearer → Edward William Lane ⓘ
Edward William Lane → fullName → Edward William Lane ⓘ
Arabic–English Lexicon → author → Edward William Lane ⓘ
Arabic–English Lexicon → compiledBy → Edward William Lane ⓘ
Stanley Lane-Poole → relative → Edward William Lane ⓘ
Bath Grammar School → notableAlumnus → Edward William Lane ⓘ