Carl Brockelmann

Brockelmann pursued Oriental studies, classical philology, and history in Rostock, Breslau, and Strasburg. He earned his Ph.D. in Strasburg, in 1890, under the direction of Theodor Nöldeke, and his Dr. habil. degree in Breslau in 1893. In 1900 he was appointed to a chair in Breslau, in 1903 in Königsberg, in 1910 in Halle, in 1922 in Berlin, and in 1923 in Breslau again. From 1932 to 1933 he served as the rector of the Breslau University. After his retirement in 1935 he returned to Halle/Saale, where he died. == Works==

• • • Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur. First published as Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur, 2 vols (Weimar: Felber, 1898-1902). Brockelmann then published three Supplementband ('supplement volumes'): Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur. Supplementband, 3 vols (Leiden: Brill, 1937-42). Thereafter, he published a second edition of the original two volumes: Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur, [2nd edn], 2 vols (Leiden: Brill, 1943-49). The complete set was then corrected and translated into English: Carl Brockelmann, History of the Arabic Written Tradition, trans. by Joep Lameer, Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, 117, 5 vols in 6 (Leiden: Brill, 2016-19), • • • Geschichte der christlichen Literaturen des Orients. 2nd Edition. Leipzig 1909 • Kurzgefasste vergleichende Grammatik der semitischen Sprachen. Berlin: Reuther and Reichard. 1908 • Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der semitischen Sprachen. Vols. 1–2, 1908/1913 • Semitische Sprachwissenschaft. 2nd Edition. 1916 • Geschichte der islamischen Völker und Staaten. R. Oldenbourg, München/ Berlin 1939 • History Of The Islamic Peoples, 1939 and 1960 • Abessinische Studien. Berlin: Akademie Verlag. 1950 • Osttürkische Grammatik der islamischen Literatur-Sprachen Mittelasiens. Leiden 1954 • Hebräische Syntax. 1956 • Arabische Grammatik. Berlin and others 1904, . Numerous new editions, including Leipzig 1960 (revision of the grammar by Albert Socin). ==References==