Edward Ullendorff
Edward Ullendorff · Philosophy & Social Sciences
British scholar of Ethiopian and Semitic languages.
1920, Berlin, Germany — 2011, Oxford, England, UK
Germany · Mandatory Palestine · United Kingdom
Edward Ullendorff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — British scholar of Ethiopian and Semitic languages.
Edward Ullendorff was a British scholar of Semitic and Ethiopian languages, a leading authority on Ethiopic (Ge'ez), Amharic and the history of Ethiopian Christianity, long based at SOAS in London. Born into a secular Jewish family in Berlin, he studied in Jerusalem and served in Mandatory Palestine before his academic career in Britain. The British Academy named a medal in his honour.
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British scholar of Ethiopian and Semitic languages.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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