William Wright (missionnaire et auteur)
William Wright ( - ) était un missionnaire irlandais. Il passa 10 ans en mission à Damas (env. 1865-1875), un séjour qui sera à la base de nombreuses de ses publications[1]. Il est l'auteur de L'Empire des Hittites (1884), qui a présenté au grand public l'histoire de la civilisation hittite récemment découverte. Il est l'auteur de la citation « Absence of evidence is not evidence » (une absence de preuve n'est pas une preuve)[2].
William Wright
| Naissance | Rathfriland (en) |
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| Décès |
(Ă 62 ans) Londres |
| Nationalité | |
| Formation |
Université Queen's de Belfast () Belfast Royal Academy (en) |
| Activités |
| Membre de | |
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| Influencé par |
Charles Spurgeon, Edward Henry Palmer (en), Richard Francis Burton |
Principales Publications
- The Empire Of The Hittites, with the Decipherment of the Hittite Inscriptions by Professor A.H. Sayce
- An Account Of Palmyra And Zenobia: With Travels And Adventures In Bashan And The Desert
- The Book Of Jonah In Four Oriental Versions, Namely Chaldee, Syriac, Aethiopic And Arabic, With Glossaries
- Contributions To The Apocryphal Literature Of The New Testament, Collected And Edited From Syriac Manuscripts In The British Museum
- A Short History Of Syriac Literature
- The Book Of Kalilah & Dimnah: Translated From Arabic Into Syriac
- The Kamil Of El-Mubarrad, Edited For The German Oriental Society For The Manuscripts Of Leyden, St. Petersburg, Cambridge, And Berlin, Volume I, Parts I-X.
- The Kamil Of El-Mubarrad, Edited For The German Oriental Society For The Manuscripts Of Leyden, St. Petersburg, Cambridge, And Berlin, Volume II, Containing The Indexes And Critical Notes, Parts XI And XII.
- Lectures On The Comparative Grammar Of The Semitic Languages
- The Travels Of Ibn Jubair, Edited From A MS. In The University Library Of Leyden
- A Grammar Of The Arabic Language, Translated From The German By Caspari, And Edited With Numerous Additions And Corrections, Volume I
- A Grammar Of The Arabic Language, Translated From The German By Caspari, And Edited With Numerous Additions And Corrections, Volume II
- The Ecclesiastical History Of Eusebius In Syriac, Edited From The Manuscripts, (also by) Norman McClean, M.A., With A Collation Of The Ancient Armenian Version By Dr. Adalbert Merx
- Catalogue Of The Ethiopic Manuscripts In The British Museum Acquired Since The Year 1847
- A Catalogue Of The Syriac Manuscripts Preserved In The Library Of The University Of Cambridge, With An Introduction And Appendix By Stanley Arthur Cook, M.A., Volume I
- A Catalogue Of The Syriac Manuscripts Preserved In The Library Of The University Of Cambridge, With An Introduction And Appendix By Stanley Arthur Cook, M.A., Volume II
- Analectes sur l'histoire et la littérature des Arabes d'Espagne, Volume I, Part I
- Analectes sur l'histoire et la littérature des Arabes d'Espagne, Volume I, Part II
Références
- Dictionary of National Biography.
- (en) William Wright, « The Empire of the Hittites », Journal of the Transactions of The Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, London, The Victoria Institute, vol. 21,‎ , p. 55-64 (lire en ligne, consulté le ). Article lu par William Wright le 3 janvier 1887.
Bibliographie
- (en)
« Wright, William (1837-1899) », dans Dictionary of National Biography, Londres, Smith, Elder & Co, 1885–1900 [détail de l’édition].
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