Max van Berchem
1863
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1921
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Switzerland
languages spoken, written or signed: French, German, Arabic, Hebrew, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, Persian, English
educated at: Leipzig University, University of Geneva
occupation: orientalist, philologist, historian, art historian
Edmond Maximilien Berthout van Berchem (16 March 1863, Geneva – 7 March 1921, Vaumarcus) commonly known as Max van Berchem, was a Swiss philologist, epigraphist and historian. Best known as the founder of Arabic epigraphy in the Western world, he was the mastermind of the Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum, an international collaboration among eminent scholars to collect and publish Arabic inscriptions from the Middle East. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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